Yesterday I was exposed to the fact the "yous" is a plural form of the pronoun you. while historically I know that "you" is actually the second person plural pronoun while the singular form is "thou".
My question is how common or widespread the use of this form (yous) in the spoken English from one side, and in the formal English on the other side (in Britain and Canada or even in USA? I just don't want to be strange or weird if I use it.
I asked this question due to my exposure to this post on Facebook which I found in its thousands comments – many times of usage in the pronoun "yous" (I've attached just some examples from a lot in the same post which its commentators using "yous".
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This is a funny question to an Australian. Yous is commonly heard in Australia among people who are popularly referred to as bogans, but is also heard in the more regional parts of the country. A bogan is someone who is a little rough around the edges, probably poorly educated or sometimes just pretending to be (A 'bogan' who went to a private school since kindergarten is a particularly interesting phenomenon). As mentioned before though, it's not exclusive to bogans.
Anyway, it is generally seen as not proper English when used here which is funny because I hate saying 'you guys' or 'you all' and would like to be able to say "ya'll" or "youse". Sometimes I say, 'What are youse guys doing tonight?' to my friends for a laugh but as I said its usage is not widespread.
It's also spelt 'Youse' in Australia. See definition number 2: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Youse