plural ) : ( chiefly Australia , New Zealand , South Africa , New York City , New Jersey , Philadelphia ,Delaware ,Boston , New England ,Northeastern United States , Chicago , Cincinnati , Liverpool ,Cape Breton , Ireland , Scotland , Michigan , Tyneside , Wearside , Teesside ) Yous Two is a good choice by Alanna-Davies Productions, and it’s a shame that the run at Camberwell’s Golden Goose Theatre is so short. This new theatre company is definitely one to look out for. A: You may have too much time on your hands, but there are worse things to do with it than think about the language! At least (presumably) this preoccupation keeps you off the streets. You-uns (from you + ones) is a South Midland form most often found in uneducated speech; it is being replaced by you-all.

But going with your impulses can lead to difficult choices. When it’s always been the two of you, how easy is it to get out, or to let anyone else in? Joseph Thompson's theatre work includes Earthquakes in London (Headlong Theatre tour) and The Voysey Inheritance (National Theatre). Fifteen-year-old Billie has lived with her dad in their little flat for as long as she can remember, but all that's about to change. She's got big plans – get Dad a job, sort out her grades, and live in a house with five bathrooms.

You’re always gonna turn into one of your parents aren’t you, it’s basically about choosing the one who’s slightly less mental" In the parts of the U.S. where they don't use "y'all," they use "you guys" instead, as shown on the map above. 5. You Lot A savvy, observant and sometimes very funny look at teenage thrills and impulsiveness… [the characters'] interactions have an affectionate awkwardness that’s quirkily authentic… Christou has a great ear for the peculiar cadences of adolescent banter and sulkiness, as well as a fine awareness of the different ways in which both teenagers and adults can be needy." Evening Standard

Georgia Christou’s debut play is a moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and familial responsibility, and what happens when those you should depend on need you more than you need them. As you say, modern English, unlike some other languages, has only one form of “you” for both singular and plural. (This wasn’t always the case, as we’ve written before.) It’s been suggested by some linguists that “you-all,”“you-uns” (a Pittsburgh expression) and “yous” or “youse” actually originated as attempts to differentiate plural “you” from singular “you.” Yous, youse is, um, used mostly in such northeastern cities as New York and Boston, but even there it is not used by the majority of speakers. It is used mostly by lower class, less educated, (older) people.

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The book Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers (1919) uses it to represent "Newfoundland and Labrador dialect", according to the transcriber. Here is an example where youse is clearly singular: Another source, Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association (1902), uses the word quoting someone from Montreal: This is just a resemblance I noticed, I could not find any historical proof that the English language was influenced by the French language in this particular case. However, vous origin is related to a Latin pronoun which also influenced the Italian voi, the Spanish vos and the Portuguese vós, which is yet another similarity that may help understand this resemblance: Not two pennies to rub together, the soles hanging off his shoes, and not even a coat to keep him warm.

Notes: Another reader wrote on April 19, 2018, to comment that Irish has a plural form of “you”: sibh (plural of tú). This reinforces the notion that the use of “youse” and such forms has a connection with Irish immigration.Dry Powder is at Hampstead theatre, London, until 3 March. Yous Two continues until 24 February. Box office: 020-7722 9301. Both yourself and, rarely, yousself (or youseself, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms. Both yourselves and, rarely, yousselves (or youseselves, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms. Hampstead Heath ladies’ ponds, Mildred’s veggie restaurant in Soho, and The Three Crowns pub in Stoke Newington for playing boardgames. Plural) Represents a group of people where the speaker is excluded. «Soldiers, I am happy with you(s) [all]»

I therefore think that “yous” is almost a kind of creole for Italian-Americans rather than a sign that we have a strong aptitude for being a loan shark. Does this theory make sense or is my wife correct when she tells me I have much too much time on my hands? Both Rachel and Fudge are also given lines that question the capabilities of their own parents. Rachel says that her mum and dad don’t get on, and she thinks her father is having an affair because he owns two phones; she is also worried when Billie wants her to help her give birth. Meanwhile, Fudge, the cool kid in class, has his own ideas about his extended family—“twenty-six of us on Christmas Day.” They will love Billie, and they will help look after her child. At one point, he says, “If it was a boy I’d wanna call him some hench name like Aslan.” Hilarious. Never get high on your own supply, that's what they say, isn't it? What are we going to do? Smash up the operation. The bathroom set was very impressive with amazing attention to detail witha manky carpet, in need of a fresh coat of paint butcomplete with working bath, toilet and basin. I had the pleasure of a guided tour from the director after the show and was impressed to see all the intricate plumbing behind the scenes. As usually happens when language shifts to lose a useful piece of grammar, dialect variations that cover this gap tend to spring up. The most notable of these are:Like Clare McIntyre’s Low Level Panic, Yous Two is set entirely in a bathroom, although this one has a manky carpet, a faint smell of piss and is in need of a really good coat of paint. It belongs to Jonny, the tenant and 36-year-old single parent of his 15-year-old daughter Billie, whose mum committed suicide soon after her birth. In the bathroom, Billie chats to her dad and entertains her school friends Rachel and Fudge. She is a lively, intelligent teen who gets great grades in maths and science and has ambitions to go to a better school, as well as to university. But when she gets unexpectantly pregnant, her future is suddenly put in doubt. With its 70 minutes distributed over nine neat scenes, Yous Two is a short play but a resonant one. Chelsea Walker’s vigorous production, with a cutaway design by Rosanna Vize, has four excellent performances: Shannon Tarbet’s Billie is sparky but also thoughtful, even melancholic, often more mature than her dad (Joseph Thompson as a lovable rogue). Leah Harvey’s Rachel and Ali Barouti’s Fudge are likewise vivid character studies, completely convincing. Parenthood can be both empowering and fragile, and Christou’s debut is thrilling in its aplomb and in her potential. Definitely a name to watch.