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- pronoun Alternative spelling of
you-uns .
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Examples
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'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
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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
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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
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Hit ain't no sort er use for youuns ter pester me.
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908
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Sue; an '-- an' -- be a little might like youuns, if I kin.
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908
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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
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I can't make out ter read print much, nohow, like youuns kin; but
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908
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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
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An 'I'll never cast nothin' in youuns teeth, ner sot up to be no ekal o 'yourn.
The Durket Sperret, 1898
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"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
chihuahua commented on the word youuns
plural form of "you" frequently used in western PA
January 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word youuns
Also "y'ins" in the Pittsburg area. :-) Chihuahua, see y'all for a scintillating discussion of the plural second-person pronoun.
January 11, 2008