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ye pronoun You (singular or plural, used in unstressed positions, more often as the object of a verb or preposition, less often as a subject). [OED3 (at ye A II 4) in objective case c1405÷; SND (at ye A) “the original nominative has been retained in Scotland ... and has also been transferred to use as the objective case”; CUD ye; HT ye (unstressed) “you”; DARE labels this pronunciation “chiefly South, South Midland”]
1864 Chapman CW Letters (May 3) maby tha[y] will furlow you home untell ye get able for serves. 1908 Smith Reconnaissances 414 Strangers, who are ye? 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 84 I knowed I couldn’t roust ye no other way. 1942 Hall Phonetics Smoky Mts 39 Ye for you is very common in older speakers. 1973 GSMNP-80:4 When did you move from there to Bullhead then? How old was ye? 1997 Dante OHP-53 Your dad would tell ye, “Don't get the caps close to the powder.”