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For the second person plural, variations like "youns", "yous" and "yis" are used frequently in the informal speech of rural Northern Ireland. Though you risk being jeered and taken less seriously if these were spoken in a formal or business setting - it would give you a distinct rural twang.

You may or may not consider these better than "youse", though I will say "yous" before "y'all" (quaint American import) regardless of context to the day I die.



Youse or whatever, the word doesn't matter in the broader context (and youse is regional anyway). Your comment just illustrates my point that people often want to make a distinction when using the second person you.




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