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Super Mario · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject:

bennyr81 wrote

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Youse is used in england also..'what are youse doing tonight!' and i disagree, i dont think it's only for the ill-educated.

No, I wrote that it was only [b]used by the poorly educated, at least here.
Not that it matters.

snorklequeen · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: intelligence / lawyers

Henry, take the national portion of the bar exam, and then get back to me; you'll have the answer to your question

cheers,

Queenie

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject:

True, many uneducated people use the word, but then so do many of the professors at my university (in fact, as well at two other unis I've attended). Granted, not in the classroom (where Standard English is used), but in casual situations/conversations.

"Y'all" is just local color. It's no more irritating than the way people from "Joisey" or "Baaasten" speak.

What do y'all think of that?

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

"queen",

Test-taking is surely no sign of 'intelligence.'