Re: y'all

I sometimes see postings that have only someone else's post, and no reply.
Now the same has happened to me. My reply to this got chopped off
somewhere. Does anyone know what causes this?

>> Kiwi-speak (and I
>> think Oz-speak, too) has
>> "you guys" (socially fairly acceptable at all
>> registers, except
>> very formal), and "youse guys" (socially marked
>> as either low
>> register or comic).
>>
> Did they get it from American English? If so, via film or via US

immigration to those countries?
Don't know, but I'd guess yes, through films first then TV.

Peter