[extropy-chat] Whoops! and holiday greetings

Brett Paatsch bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au
Sat Dec 6 12:20:08 UTC 2003


Spike wrote:
> 
> > And best wishes to youse-all extropes, too.
> > 
> > Damien Broderick
> 
> We really must fix the flaw in English that the word 
> meaning you is the same for singular and plural.
> Various dialects have attempted patches, such as 
> y'all, youse, you guys, you-uns, youse-all, youay, 
> all yall, youse guys, and even the disrespectful-
> sounding "you people."  We need a standard patch. 
> 
> Suggestions?

Use ewes?

Brett Paatsch (surname "patch" in standard 'Australian')




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