Words you wish your language had.

[Beest]

French and German have second person plural case and pronoun, but English is lacking, fortunately the southern US has filled this void with "y'all"

Very handy, probably sounds a bit funny when I say it, but then y'all can go whistle dixie.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Beest

French and German have second person plural case and pronoun, but English is lacking, fortunately the southern US has filled this void with "y'all"

Very handy, probably sounds a bit funny when I say it, but then all y'all can go whistle dixie.

To really bring it up to speed.

You need to do a circular motion with your hand (pointer finger), parallel to ground, to indicate "all of you in this immediate area up around here."

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

To really bring it up to speed.

You need to do a circular motion with your hand (pointer finger), parallel to ground, to indicate "all of you in this immediate area up around here."

Youse guys should copy us!


FTR: Japanese:
Watashi: I / me
Anata: you
Watashi-tachi: We/us
Anata-tachi: Youse, y'awll

[limey]

Originally Posted by Beest

French and German have second person plural case and pronoun, but English is lacking, fortunately the southern US has filled this void with "y'all"

Very handy, probably sounds a bit funny when I say it, but then y'all can go whistle dixie.

The Russians also have second person singular and plural, and so do the Scots. "You" and "Youse" - although the latter is considered déclassé.
Now there's a word the English language needs, déclassé!