your guys's: difference between revisions

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Browse history interactively
← Go to previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m →‎English: neologism
m incorporate a=US into {{IPA|en}}; incorporate a=AU,NZ into {{IPA|en}}
 
(64 intermediate revisions by 37 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{rfv|<s>This is considered a typo of guys', normatively.</s> (This doesn't follow from the pronunciation.) Is marked as "non-standard". Any evidence that this is not the ''normal'' possessive of the colloquial phrase "you guys"?}}
==English==
==English==

{{neologism}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/(ˈ)jɝ (ˈ)ɡaɪzəz/|/(ˈ)jɔɹ-/|a=US}}, {{enPR|yər(ʹ) gīzəz(ʹ)|yôr(ʹ)-}}
*(''US''): {{AHD|yôr gīzʹəz}}, {{IPA|/jɔːr ˈɡaɪzəz/}}, {{SAMPA|/jO:r "gaIz@z/}}
* {{IPA|en|/(ˈ)joː (ˈ)ɡɑɪzəz/|a=AU,NZ}}


===Pronoun===
===Pronoun===
{{head|en|pronoun|head=[[your]] [[guys]][[-'s|'s]]|cat2=possessive pronouns}} {{tlb|en|chiefly|North America|Australia|NZ|colloquial|mostly|proscribed}}
'''[[your]] [[guys]][['s]]'''

# {{alt form|en|your guys'}}.
⚫
#* '''2000,''' Linkin Park Web Interview [http://www.pushmeaway.com/linkinwebint.html]
⚫
#*: I know that in '''your guys's''' official bio from Warner that it says you would tour with anyone because your music touches so many genres.
⚫
#* '''2002,''' Sandy Shanks, ''Impeachment'' [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595259863&id=klWdsVSTHrwC&pg=RA1-PA177&lpg=RA1-PA177&ots=MWwDklCftH&dq=%22your+guys%27s%22&sig=o3EoiikJpq6fnnRvxwXwnOKQ3c0]
⚫
#*: “I don’t believe that a seven-year term of office for our president should be of any particular concern to you, Mr. Kelly.”
⚫
#*: “Well, it is, but that is '''your guys’s''' problem.[”]
⚫
#* '''2005,''' Megan, Age 14, in ''Weight Loss Success Stories'' [http://www.blubberbuster.com/board/success_37.html]
⚫
#*: I still have about 30 lbs to lose, which I would love to lose in 3 months..and after reading all '''your guys's''' stories I have gained even more motivation.
⚫
#* '''2006,''' Tony Kapel, ''A Letter to the Parents of'' [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1411685172&id=_ThYMEfjATgC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&vq=your+guys%27s&dq=%22your+guys%27s%22&sig=IJ9Q8OivUhTnAasdJNFyGTc9Www]
⚫
#*: “Man '''your guys’s''' room is bigger then <!-- [sic] --> mine — man you got a balcony — I don’t have a balcony.”

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|your}}
* {{l|en|you guys's}}, {{l|en|you guys'}}
* {{l|en|y'all's}}

===Determiner===
{{head|en|determiner|head=[[your]] [[guys]][[-'s|'s]]|cat2=possessive determiners}} {{tlb|en|chiefly|North America|Australia|NZ|colloquial|mostly|proscribed}}


# {{alt form|en|your guys'}}.
#{{context|slang|non-standard}} [[possessive|Possessive]] of '''[[you guys]]''', used for '''[[your]]''' and '''[[yours]]'''.


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|yours}}
*[[your]]
* {{l|en|you guys's}}, {{l|en|you guys'}}
*[[yours]]
* {{l|en|y'all's}}


===Quotations===
===See also===
* {{l|en|you guys}}
⚫
* '''2000,''' Linkin Park Web Interview [http://www.pushmeaway.com/linkinwebint.html]
⚫
*: I know that in '''your guys's''' official bio from Warner that it says you would tour with anyone because your music touches so many genres.
⚫
* '''2002,''' Sandy Shanks, ''Impeachment'' [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595259863&id=klWdsVSTHrwC&pg=RA1-PA177&lpg=RA1-PA177&ots=MWwDklCftH&dq=%22your+guys%27s%22&sig=o3EoiikJpq6fnnRvxwXwnOKQ3c0]
⚫
*: “I don’t believe that a seven-year term of office for our president should be of any particular concern to you, Mr. Kelly.”
⚫
*: “Well, it is, but that is '''your guys’s''' problem.[”]
* '''2004,''' ''[[w:Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite]]''
*: Hey can I use '''your guys's''' phone for a sec?
⚫
* '''2005,''' Megan, Age 14, in ''Weight Loss Success Stories'' [http://www.blubberbuster.com/board/success_37.html]
⚫
*:I still have about 30 lbs to lose, which I would love to lose in 3 months..and after reading all '''your guys's''' stories I have gained even more motivation.
⚫
* '''2006,''' Tony Kapel, ''A Letter to the Parents of'' [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1411685172&id=_ThYMEfjATgC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&vq=your+guys%27s&dq=%22your+guys%27s%22&sig=IJ9Q8OivUhTnAasdJNFyGTc9Www]
⚫
*: “Man '''your guys’s''' room is bigger then <!-- [sic] --> mine — man you got a balcony — I don’t have a balcony.”

Latest revision as of 21:30, 21 May 2024

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Pronoun

[edit]

your guys's (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, chiefly proscribed)

  1. Alternative form of your guys'.
    • 2000, Linkin Park Web Interview [1]
      I know that in your guys's official bio from Warner that it says you would tour with anyone because your music touches so many genres.
    • 2002, Sandy Shanks, Impeachment [2]
      “I don’t believe that a seven-year term of office for our president should be of any particular concern to you, Mr. Kelly.”
      “Well, it is, but that is your guys’s problem.[”]
    • 2005, Megan, Age 14, in Weight Loss Success Stories [3]
      I still have about 30 lbs to lose, which I would love to lose in 3 months..and after reading all your guys's stories I have gained even more motivation.
    • 2006, Tony Kapel, A Letter to the Parents of [4]
      “Man your guys’s room is bigger then mine — man you got a balcony — I don’t have a balcony.”

Synonyms

[edit]

Determiner

[edit]

your guys's (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, chiefly proscribed)

  1. Alternative form of your guys'.

Synonyms

[edit]

See also

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=your_guys%27s&oldid=79346235"