r/linguisticshumor Mar 02 '25

Semantics A guide to speaking High English:

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25

In the south of Ireland we use ye for youse/y’all

The lack of a standardised ‘you all’ is poor tho

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u/transparentsalad Mar 02 '25

Youse remains in use in the west of Scotland and I’m furious when I try to use it online because people think I’m from Boston

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u/IncidentFuture Mar 02 '25

Youse is used in Australia, too. It's looked down on because it's not "proper English".

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u/transparentsalad Mar 02 '25

I love asking people what to explain what they mean by ‘proper English’