[brlug-general] the short answer.

[willhill]

God bless ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay.
or
Avast, ye Englishmen!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)

"Y'all" works better for me.  You might slip ye in as a contraction when 
speaking to a crowd, "What would y'do about that?"  If you use it in the open 
people will think you are a pirate.  

The wikipedia section on thou is a real glazer.  

On Sunday 23 September 2007 7:53 am, Fernando Vilas wrote:
> Spanish has a formal and familiar version of "you", and each has a singular
> and plural.  They were using the plural familiar form, which is very common
> in Spain, but somewhat less so elsewhere.  And the closest English
> approximation I've ever come up with for it is "y'all", as opposed to "you
> sirs".