Learn English – Saying “You neither” as a response

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I want to know if it's correct to say "you neither" in the context below

This is an informal conversation between "A" and "B"

A: You didn't wake up early.

B: You neither (meaning B is saying that A didn't wake up early)

I know B can say to A “Neither did you" or "You didn't wake up early either"

My question is can B say to A "You neither” (or “You either”) in that context that B is telling A that A also didn't wake up early?

I've never heard "you neither" as a response, and I want to know if it's grammatically correct to say "You neither" as response instead of "neither did you" or "you didn't wake up early either” in a context like the one above.

Best Answer

It is something of an oddity in English. "Me neither" is a common colloquialism (see the answer @RubioRic pointed out: What is the difference between "me neither" and "me either"?) However, "you neither" is not!

It's possible that it is used colloquially in some dialects that I'm unaware of, but for me, when I try to imagine hearing the following exchange:

You didn't wake up early.
You neither!

I can only picture "you neither" being spoken by a toddler who hasn't quite mastered the language yet.