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From: Ben Sauvin <sauvin@csql.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Use of "tu" replacing "Usted" in Spanish?
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Kevin Daly wrote:
> 
> Yep...the reason being that most people are unaware that "you" is a
> plural...
> What you _do_ see (especially among Australians) is a double plural: yous.
> 
> Loren Petrich <petrich@netcom.com> wrote in article
> <petrichDyov0z.6vq@netcom.com>...
> >
> >       [Singular 2nd-person pronouns getting more widely used...]
> >
> >       I wonder if that will happen to English, but it may be too late
> > to successfully revive "thou".
> > --
> > Loren Petrich                         Happiness is a fast Macintosh
> > petrich@netcom.com                    And a fast train
> > My home page: http://www.webcom.com/petrich/home.html
> > Mirrored at: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pe/petrich/home.html
> >
> >
> >

  Don't forget the southern Illinois "y'all"! (This construction appears 
in many southern states in the US.)
