SultanOfSwing

Oh I beg to differ. The region that uses the expression 'y'all' wins outright in that regard ...

Guindalf

Yeah, because 'Youse guys' is SO much better!!!

SultanOfSwing

No, that's shite. I'd never say that.

Guindalf

YOU may not. but the 'real' mercans up there do!

SultanOfSwing

Maybe in the south side of Chicago, but not up my way. I never hear that, unless someone's doing a caricature Chicago accent or something.

Guindalf

We have a Chicago (suburbs) native here who says it all the time - and it's common in PA where my wife is from too.

SultanOfSwing

I'm far northern suburbs, almost at the Wisconsin border. I escape all that stuff.

The Chicago and Philadelphia accents are quite similar. I'm not a fan of either though, to be honest.

Guindalf

Well that explains it. You're practically in Canada, eh!

SultanOfSwing

A state-and-a-half away, yeah. You have to go way up into WI before you hear that twang in the accent though.

Rete

The first shot was made by the Confederates on Fort Sumpter. Here is the history of that action.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sumter.htm

Up north it is known as the Civil War. To my southern son-in-law in Mississippi it is the War Between The States.

Youse, btw, originated in Brooklyn, New York.

jeffreyhy

But the North was in Fort Sumpter.

Regards, JEff

EDIT: I see that Rete spotted that already.

jeffreyhy

I agree on both points.

Regards, JEff

Guindalf

My bad on Sumpter. I've been there a couple of times, so must be old age - a brain fart!

Youse guys, as opposed to just youse is common in PA and Il.

Guindalf

Wifey tells me that Western PA uses Youens (you-ens).

SultanOfSwing

It's strangely common in Belfast as well - 'Youse-uns'. That's the original Belfast, not the one in Maine.

Again, never used it myself.