different between yous vs yots
yous
English
Alternative forms
- (pronoun) youse, youze
Etymology
you +? -s (“plural suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ju?z/, /j?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Pronoun
yous
- (dialectal, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, New England, Northeastern United States, Chicago, Cincinnati, Liverpudlian, Cape Breton, Ireland, Scotland, Michigan, Teesside) You (plural). [from 19th c.]
- (dialectal) You (singular).
- 1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector:
- ‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’
- 1938, Patrick Kavanagh, The Green Fool:
- ‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said.
- 1988, Kathy Lette, Girls' Night Out:
- ‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys. Youse have never had anyone who'd stand up to youse.’
- 1992, Edward Bond, In the Company of Men:
- You think yous can live wi'oot money! Few months doon this hell, you'll murder for money!
- 1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector:
Usage notes
- Yous(e) as a plural is found mainly in (Northern) England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, northern Nova Scotia, parts of Ontario in Canada and parts of the northeastern United States (especially areas like Boston where there was historically Irish immigration) and in Mexican-American communities in the southwest. It also occurs in Scouse.
- Both yourselves and, rarely, yousselves (or youseselves, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms.
- Yous(e) as a singular is found in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati [1] and scattered throughout working class Italian-American communities in the Rust Belt.
- Both yourself and, rarely, yousself (or youseself, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms.
Synonyms
- See the list of other second-person pronouns at you
Determiner
yous
- (dialect) The group spoken or written to.
- What are yous kids doing?
Noun
yous
- plural of you
Verb
yous
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of you
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yots
English
Noun
yots
- plural of yot
Verb
yots
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yot
Anagrams
- Stoy, Tsoy, Tyos, Yost, tosy, toys
French
Noun
yots m pl
- plural of yot
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