[Publib] "You Guys"

[Palmer, Russell]

I agree completely--as a good southern librarian, I find ya'll to be the most pleasant and perfect plural you. 

Even my Chicago born, midwestern wife says ya'll, and praises its relative niceness and overall efficiency over "youse" or "youse guys."

Now, if I can just get her to call a coke a coke and not a pop (paaap). 



-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Kathi Kemp-Tejeda
Sent: Thu 7/12/2007 1:56 PM
To: Bruce Bumbalough; John; Kathleen Horan; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] "You Guys"
 
Well, this semi-old, Louisiana native, Wisconsin
resident, is on a mission to implement the Correct Use
of the Second-Person Plural (y'all) to replace the
gender-oblivious "you guys," the awful-sounding
"youse" (plural "yousins") and other crippled excuses
for the non-existent subject form.  

Who's with me?  Come on, y'all, let's fix this.

Kathi Kemp-Tejeda
Eager Free Public Library
Evansville, Wisconsin 

--- Bruce Bumbalough <Bbumbalough at ci.grapevine.tx.us>
wrote:

> Well, this too old, no suit owning, non conference
> going stick in the mud of a librarian grew up in
> Michigan where you guys was the norm for all groups
> and then moved to Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia and
> finally Texas among the south of the Mason-Dixon
> line extended states and he prefers y'all because it
> is a more accurate statement.
> 
> 12/2007 10:21 AM >>>
> Hi, John,
>  
> I'm from The Big Apple, and up there, we use "you
> guys" when addressing a crowd, no matter its gender.
>  After reading your post, though, I'm rethinking
> this habit.  Since I still say "dawg" and "cawfee,"
> I won't feel comfortable using the southern plural
> of you:  "y'all."  I'm going to opt for an authentic
> variation and say "youse" from now on. Thanks for
> setting me straight.  Youse are awl good people. An'
> I mean dat.
>  
>   -- Kathleen
>  
> 
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>  
>  
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>  
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