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Urbane Guerrilla · 11-17-2008, 10:09 PM

Invariably tongue firmly in cheek, nowadays. In our neck of the woods, it seems to have been introduced by Italians/Sicilians in New York and the Northeast in general -- as Italian has its plural "you" and they were sure English had to too -- "Youse guys..."

11-17-2008, 10:09 PM	#16
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Invariably tongue firmly in cheek, nowadays. In our neck of the woods, it seems to have been introduced by Italians/Sicilians in New York and the Northeast in general -- as Italian has its plural "you" and they were sure English had to too -- "Youse guys..." __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.