My students from the middle of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan typically use "you guys," but students from the Upper Peninsula frequently say "youse guys" ( with a possessive sounding like "youse guises"). 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of STAHLKE, HERBERT F
Sent: Mon 6/30/2008 9:35 PM
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Subject: Re: Youse guysATEG Digest - 22 Jun 2008 to 23 Jun 2008 (#2008-142)



I think it's pretty wide-spread in Northern American English, all across western NY, the Lake Erie coast, and into Michigan.  I don't have a copy of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), but I suspect it would define the distribution pretty well.

Herb

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott
Sent: 2008-06-24 03:17
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Subject: Re: Youse guysATEG Digest - 22 Jun 2008 to 23 Jun 2008 (#2008-142)

I have only heard "Youse guys" in Brooklyn; however, I dated a young lady
from Colorado in high school in Florida, whose speech was reasonably
Southern except for her referring to a group--even of all girls--as "You
guys."
Scott

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