Southern 2nd-person plural double genitive

[Mark Odegard]

Actually, "you-guyses'" is correct. Guy is countable, thus
'guys'. The plural possessive is thus -- guys' --, or if you
insist, -- guyses'. But few would add a second s after the
plural of guy, to make it a homophone of guises. But I
remember times at Rock Bottom on 86th St at 4th Ave where "you
guys's" is heard.

A guy is any male or female co-worker. Not complicating the
plural possesive by simply making it a final apostrophe solves
a lot of aesthetic problems.

> And then there's "your-guyses," which I hear all the time...
>
> Nancy Elliott
> Southern Oregon University