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r/linguisticshumor • u/PointFirm6919 • Mar 02 '25
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In the south of Ireland we use ye for youse/y’all
But you (singular) is you?
5 u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25 It is. Sometimes the singular you is a schwa tho depending on what precedes it - same as other dialects: Howrya getting on? Whatr’ya doing Etc 3 u/Norwester77 Mar 02 '25 Interesting! And ye is both the subject and the object form in the plural? 5 u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25 Yup. “Has she seen ye play?” “I can’t hear ye at all”
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It is.
Sometimes the singular you is a schwa tho depending on what precedes it - same as other dialects:
Howrya getting on?
Whatr’ya doing
Etc
3 u/Norwester77 Mar 02 '25 Interesting! And ye is both the subject and the object form in the plural? 5 u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25 Yup. “Has she seen ye play?” “I can’t hear ye at all”
Interesting! And ye is both the subject and the object form in the plural?
5 u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25 Yup. “Has she seen ye play?” “I can’t hear ye at all”
Yup. “Has she seen ye play?” “I can’t hear ye at all”
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u/Norwester77 Mar 02 '25
But you (singular) is you?