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Old 21-09-2011, 03:40 AM #1
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Both Alex and Jay use the word "us" instead of "me" like "She won't even talk to us" when they are referring to themselves not a group of people yet other times they randomly also use "me". I know it's like a Geordie thing but can someone please explain? I don't get it.
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It's just a local dialect thing. No real explanation.
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I have always noticed it from the Geordie people. And since I am not from here, it always made me dislike them. Because to me, speaking about yourself in the third person, is a sign of arrogance. I didnt know it was a regional thing. I noticed it first with Liam in BB8. Couldnt stand him. Then it was Jen in BB9. Couldnt stand him either. BUt now I know why they do it, so I dont judge them by it anymore.
I have no idea where it comes from though, or why!
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yeah it's just a regional dialect thing.
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Anthony in BB6 did the same. It's a geordie thing.
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Totally a dialect thing, same as when they speak of another family member as "wur" (our) so-and-so!
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It's a geordie dialect thing.I think it's kind of cute!
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It started creeping into the local dialect in the second half of the Nineteenth Century probably due to the large increase in Irish in the area.
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Hi, newbie here. I just have to comment on this as I speak the same lingo. They are not saying 'us', they are saying ' iz ' as in 'give it to iz'. It means me.

If we want to say 'us' we would say 'us' just like normal people.lol.
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Hi, newbie here. I just have to comment on this as I speak the same lingo. They are not saying 'us', they are saying ' iz ' as in 'give it to iz'. It means me.

If we want to say 'us' we would say 'us' just like normal people.lol.
Who is "iz"? it's a corruption of "us"
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Its the same as yous being used as the plural of you (thats a lot of yous!). Its Irish
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Its the same as yous being used as the plural of you (thats a lot of yous!). Its Irish
I think it's cute! I love it!
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I say it too (and i'm not a geordie)
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It's a Geordie thing, we like to be different
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Its the same as yous being used as the plural of you (thats a lot of yous!). Its Irish
That's a Dublin thing, we'd never say "yous" down here, we would say "us" instead of me sometimes though
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That's a Dublin thing, we'd never say "yous" down here, we would say "us" instead of me sometimes though
Yeah I know its a Dublin thing. Lots of Dublin Irish in the North East.

Thats where those cunning Linguists who study dialects reckon the us(uz) comes from.
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I like Alex. I haven't got a bad word to say about her. She's not fake at least.
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