Need help for a school research assignment

[1) It depends on the people, really. When I’m with young, )(black) friends I’ll probably say: “Yo” or something like that. If I’m at a diplomatic function, I’ll say something more like: “Ehem” or “Well…” to draw attention before I start speaking.
2) Icelandic, but I spoke English by age five.
3) Iceland shudder

  1. England, Holland, China.

  2. Icelandic, sort of.

  3. I’m twenty

  4. Currently in university

— G. Raven

  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…)

In a business or formal occasion, I’ll likely say “all of you” but in everyday life, I’m more likely to say “you guys” or “y’all” and if I’m in a goofy mood, it’ll be “youse guys”

  1. What is your native language?

English

  1. If your native language is English, where are you originally from?

I was born in San Diegp, but we left when I was 2 months old - I grew up in Baltimore county

  1. What places have you lived in since then?

Millington, TN; San Diego & Vallejo, CA; Newport, RI; Glen Burnie, MD; Jacksonville, FL; King George, VA; Sigonella, Sicily… I spent 11 years in the Navy, so I moved a lot

  1. If your native language is not English, what is your native language?
    n/a
  2. Age range?

40+

  1. What is your level of education?

Bachelor of Science in Engineering - no postgrad

  1. You or you guys. **
  2. English
  3. Florida (Central if it matters)
  4. No where else
  5. n/a
  6. I’m 35 tomorrow.
  7. Two years college

** (I got tired of being laughed at for y’all.)

  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…) you or sometimes** you guys**

  2. What is your native language? American English

  3. If your native language is English, where are you originally from? born in Michigan. Grew up in Western New York State, Northern California, Pennsylvania.

  4. What places have you lived in since then? Maine, Oregon, Korea

  5. If your native language is not English, what is your native language? N/A

  6. Age range?
    <17
    17-21
    22-25
    25-30
    30-40 Bingo! (though I resent that there are 10 years here!!!
    40+

  7. What is your level of education? BA currently, planning to git more soon’s I kin afferd it!

  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…)

It varies. Usually just “you”. Occasionally “You people” or “You lot”

  1. What is your native language? English and British Sign Language

  2. If your native language is English, where are you originally from? Berkshire, England

  3. What places have you lived in since then? London and Berkshire

  4. If your native language is not English, what is your native language?

  5. Age range?
    <17
    17-21
    **22-25 **
    25-30
    30-40
    40+

  6. What is your level of education?
    Batchelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Philosophy.

Good luck with your project

Fran

the answers are:

1) What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…)
If a simple “you” is insufficient, I think I would say “you guys” or “y’all.” If one of those is not available or seems inappropriate, I’d change the construction of what I’m trying to say (e.g. “What does everyone want to do?” if I don’t feel comfortable with “What do you guys” or “What do y’all want to do”).

2) What is your native language?
English.

3) If your native language is English, where are you originally from?
Oakland, California.

4) What places have you lived in since then?
Middletown, CT and Berkeley, CA.

5) If your native language is not English, what is your native language?
N/A

6) Age range?
17-21

7) What is your level of education?
“Some college”-- 1.5 years completed, currently on hiatus.

Good luck with the thing.

And happy birthday to TroubleAgain. Big 35.

  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? Generally, “you” or “everyone” (as in, “Excuse me, everyone, but could you please shut up? I’m on the phone here.”)

  2. What is your native language? English

  3. If your native language is English, where are you originally from? Canada - specifically, Manitoba, although born in Ontario and raised in Saskatchewan.

  4. What places have you lived in since then? It depends a little on how you define “lived” but the short answer would be British Columbia, Alberta and Israel.

  5. If your native language is not English, what is your native language? Canadian, as in “Oh jeez, let me grab a serviette, this skunky beer made me spill my poutine on the chesterfield, eh?”)

  6. Age range?
    30-40 39, to be exact. Can I just go on record as saying that “40+” is a huge age category?

  7. What is your level of education? BA (Honours) in Anthropology.

1-Y’all. Even though I currently live above the Mason-Dixon line
2-English.
3-Hampton VA
4-Hagerstown MD, suburbs of Washington DC, suburbs of Cleveland OH
5-n/a
6-40+
7-High school diploma and 2 years of college

Good luck!

  1. Y’all informally, all of you when it’s more formal
  2. English
  3. Originally Chicago, but. . .
  4. When I was 2 we moved to Texas, that’s where I learned the wonderful elasticity of “y"all.” Since then I’ve mostly been in Missouri.
  5. 40+
  6. College grad
  1. You guys
  2. English
  3. Bellevue, WA
  4. Des Moines, IA; Minneapolis, MN
  5. N/A
  6. 25-30
  7. College grad
    Good luck with your assignment!
  1. You guys or y’all
  2. English
  3. Central California
  4. within 100 miles of home (home is where mamma is)
  5. N/A
  6. 38
  7. 4 years of college with my RN on 12/15/01!!! (then I have to pass the NCLEX)

[sub]Thank you.[/sub] :slight_smile:

  1. y’all (I’ve become more and more conscious of it the last few years, though I have no intention of giving up a very useful word)
  2. English
  3. West Texas
  4. North Texas, Pittsburgh PA, and now central Illinois
  5. 17-21
  6. BS in Physics, now in grad school
  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people?

Usually “You”, but in relaxed situations, I have been known to use “you guys”. Once in New York I even used “Yous”.

  1. What is your native language?

English

  1. If your native language is English, where are you originally from?

Born in Arizona (U.S.A.) but raised in the Mountains of Colorado (definitely not Denver-more isolated, more rural).

  1. What places have you lived in since then?

In the States: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Hawaii. Overseas: Micronesia, Japan, Nepal, Isreal, Switzerland, Great Britain.

  1. If your native language is not English, what is your native language?

  2. Age range?

53 years old

  1. What is your level of education?

Masters of Science in Communication (I have never understood why this is an M.S. instead of a M.A.) and an M.A. in Journalism (that I understand).

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*Originally posted by Airbeck *
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  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…)
    I use a combination of either you guys or y’all (in an abbreviation of you all rather than a southern y’all)

  2. What is your native language?
    English

  3. If your native language is English, where are you originally from?
    We lived in Wyoming but there were no hospitals in that part of the state, so I was born in S. Dakota

  4. What places have you lived in since then?
    Idaho, California, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan

  5. If your native language is not English, what is your native language?

  6. Age range?
    <17
    17-21
    22-25
    25-30
    30-40
    40+
    40th birthday last week, dang so I guess that makes me 40+

  7. What is your level of education?
    double major undergrad, MBA

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  1. What do you say when you want to say you to a bunch of people? (you guys, y’all, youse etc…)**
    Y’all.

**2) What is your native language?**English

3) If your native language is English, where are you originally from? Chattanooga, Tennessee

4) What places have you lived in since then? Waterville, Maine, Nashville, TN, Jackson, MS, and Atlanta, GA.

**5) If your native language is not English, what is your native language?[/b[ N/A

6) Age range?
<17
17-21
22-25
25-30
30-40
40+

25-30

7) What is your level of education?
BA, History major.