yez
Scottish and Irish dialectal second-person plural pronoun — the local equivalent of 'you all', 'youse', or 'y'all'.
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Scottish and Irish dialectal second-person plural pronoun — the local equivalent of 'you all', 'youse', or 'y'all'. In a linguistic landscape where standard English awkwardly uses 'you' for both one person and a whole crowd, 'yez' fills the gap with a bit of regional personality. You'll hear it across Scotland and Ireland as a perfectly natural way to address a group, and it carries a warmth and informality that the standard form just doesn't.
Are yez all coming to the match on Saturday or what?
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(Scotland, Ireland) you (plural).
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(Ireland, especially, Dublin) Your (plural).
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AAVE second-person plural reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourselves' — a natural extension of 'y'all' into reflexive territory. It fills a grammatical gap that standard English handles awkwardly ('yourselves' feels stiff; 'y'allself' flows). You'll hear it in everyday Southern and Black American speech: 'make y'allself at home,' 'help y'allself to some food.' It's intuitive, grammatically logical within the AAVE system, and captures the warmth of Southern hospitality speech perfectly. Social media has given it wider visibility beyond regional use.
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(dialect) The group spoken or written to.
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Second-person plural pronoun — "you all." Quintessentially Southern American English; spreading nationally as a useful gender-neutral plural "you."