[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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