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  • pronoun Alternative spelling of you-uns.

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Examples

  • 'Tain't all of the river what Auntie Sue an' youuns kin see from the porch.

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • An 'there must be heaps of folks where youuns come from what would know Mr. Burns's meaning if he was to write hit all out plain.

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • I'd sneak ahead, an 'beat you home; but all the time I was a-seein' you, an 'youuns never knowed, 'cause youuns just naturally couldn't see nor hear nothin' but each other.

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • Hit ain't no sort er use for youuns ter pester me.

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • Sue; an '-- an' -- be a little might like youuns, if I kin.

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • I'll bet you-all a pretty that this here gal'll worry both of youuns

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • I can't make out ter read print much, nohow, like youuns kin; but

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • Don't you-all 'low as how I'd know by the way you looked at her, while youuns was a-fixin' that there book, every night, what you-all was a-thinkin ''bout her?

    The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • An 'I'll never cast nothin' in youuns teeth, ner sot up to be no ekal o 'yourn.

    The Durket Sperret, 1898

  • "Thet's easy fixed," she answered; "goin 'to Si's is jest a-goin' home to me an 'you kin bet youuns hide I'd go."

    The Durket Sperret, 1898

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  • plural form of "you" frequently used in western PA

    January 11, 2008

  • Also "y'ins" in the Pittsburg area. :-) Chihuahua, see y'all for a scintillating discussion of the plural second-person pronoun.

    January 11, 2008