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What is the possessive of you guys? (In Philadelphia proper, youse guys’ is probably used too!) Since you guys is colloquial, if you’re writing down the possessive of the word, you should use a spelling that reflects its pronunciation If you’re wondering what to use in conversation, the answer is whatever you’ve been using all along
grammar - Can I contract you is to yous? - English Language . . . Is that talking about the clitic ['s] for the possessive, or a contraction of is? In this case, both are fine "Loving you's easy " "The dog that bit you's teeth were very yellow " Although it doesn't sound great because of the nonstandard word "youse" (plural "you")
Is yuns a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As mentioned in The Review: “ Yuns ” is a contraction of two words: “you ones,” as in, “You’uns come over here ” " Yuns " is plural, it should be used in the same context as "you ones" The pronunciation of the words being like "Y’all, You’uns, Yinz, Youse" only exists in certain regional dialects; thus, they're not standard and proper words in the dictionary Usage of "yuns
Which English dialects have 2nd person plural? The Brooklyn Italian-American "youse" might be another While the existence and usage of "y'all" has been addressed somewhat thoroughly here: What is the proper usage of "Y'all" in southern American dialects , I've found nothing else on EL U regarding 2nd person plural forms in other English dialects
etymology - What are the origins of the regional pronoun “yinz” of . . . Probably directly deriving from Irish-Scottish original usage, but given other plurals such as youse, y'all, etc , feasibly just re-coined locally Perhaps uptake was encouraged by a relatively high proportion of non-native speakers bothered by the fact that (unlike their languages) English had dumped the 2nd person singular plural distinction
Origin of you lot and other plural forms of you Maybe it's just that youse can also be used for the ungrammatical "You is", which I normally associate with stereotypical portrayal of poorly-educated black Americans in the past (esp negro slaves on plantations)