Can I say yous?

Use of yous is extremely low in both formal and spoken English. Less than 0.00002 words of Google books are 'yous'. Thou is more commonly used (0.002+). and thou according to Collins Dictionary.
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Is it proper to say yous?

So youse (or yous) is simply a regular “add an 's'” plural, y'all is a contraction of the phrase you all, and yinz appears to be a contraction of you ones.
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Where is yous used?

Yous(e) as a plural is found mainly in (Northern) England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, northern Nova Scotia, parts of Ontario in Canada and parts of the northeastern United States (especially areas like Boston where there was historically Irish immigration) and in Mexican-American ...
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What is meant by yous?

youse. / (juːz) / pronoun. not standard refers to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speakeryous have all had it now; I'm fed up with yous.
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Who uses the word yous?

Irish immigrants brought "youse" to the United States, and it was once widely used in cities where they settled. (It's still widely used in Ireland.) The word can now be heard mainly among older people in ethnic neighborhoods of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
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Is youse in the Oxford dictionary?

youse pronoun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.
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Can you use two yous in a sentence?

Yes, it is grammatically correct to place two yous consequently because they are in different cases: the first one is in the oblique case (indirect object), the second one is the subject of the sentence.
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Is yous a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, yous is in the scrabble dictionary.
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Is there a word you's?

'you's' doesn't exist. It makes no sense. It does make sense, but nevertheless it doesn't exist. We use 'your' instead.
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Can you be plural?

In Modern English, you is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.
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Where did yous originate from?

It's been suggested by some linguists that “you-all,” “you-uns” (a Pittsburgh expression) and “yous” or “youse” actually originated as attempts to differentiate plural “you” from singular “you.”
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Why do New Yorkers say youse?

Each ethnic group has put its own stamp on the New York accent. The famous “youse,” for example, may have been coined by Italian-Americans as a way to cope with the lack of a plural “you” in English. (Therefore, you + s = youse.)
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Is your a Scrabble word?

YOUR is a valid scrabble word.
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What are the two letter words in Scrabble?

Ew joins another 106 two-letter words, which are aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax, ay, ba, be, bi, bo, by, da, de, do, ed, ef, eh, el, em, en, er, es, et, ex, fa, fe, gi, go, ha, he, hi, hm, ho, id, if, in, is, it, jo, ka, ki, la, li, lo, ma, me, mi, mm, mo, mu, my, na, ne, no, nu, od, oe, of, ...
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Is I have had grammatically correct?

Remember that have is a helping verb, and had is the past participle. That's why it's correct to use the verb have two times in one sentence.
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Is I had had correct?

It is correct, though it too might seem a bit awkward. To understand “had had,” we need to take a look at the present perfect and past perfect tenses. Take this sentence: “I have had too many chocolates today.” That sentence is in the present perfect tense.
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Is that that correct grammar?

Grammatically it is correct. The first 'that' would be a conjunction; something like 'I thought that' or 'I feel that'. The second 'that' would be a pronoun, such as 'that wasn't a thing' or 'that was no longer acceptable'.
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Why do Australians say youse?

While others argued that "youse" wasn't strictly referring to "you guys" only — but was a legitimate colloquialism born from the working class accent. @unhaunting in Australia it's "youse" pronounced like "use".
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How do you use the word youse in a sentence?

How to use youse in a sentence
  1. If youse ain't learnt your lesson yet, youse might as well go back. The Walking Delegate|Leroy Scott.
  2. Sure, I didn't,—not any more'n youse told me about Keating for love o' me. The Walking Delegate|Leroy Scott.
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Where do they say youse guys?

“Youse” is associated with working-class white folks in South Philly, but “y'all” is the grammatical alternative to “you guys” in the dialect of Philly's African American communities.
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Who says Youns?

(3) “Yous” (also spelled “youse”) is familiar in dialects of American, Australian, and Irish English.
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Why do New Yorkers curse so much?

The city, boiling over with the stress of high-pressure jobs and too-tight living, inspires profanity, linguists say. At the same time, its shrugging tolerance for all kinds of behavior and the anonymity its residents feel provide an atmosphere where expletives multiply unchecked.
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How do Nyers talk?

Speaking like a New Yorker is less about what you say, and more about how you say it. New Yorkers are known for being direct, opinionated and confident. They are also known for talking a lot, and talking loudly. Speak quickly and succinctly.
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What is a plural form?

The plural form of a word is the form that is used when referring to more than one person or thing. "Data" is the Latin plural form of "datum." countable noun. The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing.
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