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You're my homey and all...but 'youse'?
Oh baby, what is you doing......
More than one 'you' I think. Perfectly reasonable. We need this.
Karaoke
The man is scared I'm gonna blow up his speakers and his hearing so he got out the old computer speakers.
I don't know him, bit were brothers deep down.
His fears are justified
We should use youse because the English language would benefit from a plural you; itโs Austalian instead of the yโall the yanks invented, and ye has gone out of fashion.
Sure, but no. You is fine depending on the context. No need to boganise it.
Feel free to say youse, but I will judge the fuck out of you for it.
I sit on interview panels and if I hear youse or 'haitch' instead of 'aitch' it's points off