[TriLUG] Introduction

[Matt Pusateri]

Go to Pittsburgh, Western Pa, and you'll find it's actually Yinz, as  
opposed to Y'uns.  Of course the snow we had that turned to ice was  
slippy (slippery), we also "go up over to mummy's" not just over to  
moms.  They sit on the stoop and drink nice cold irons (Iron City  
beer) and maybe eat some chips from the cupboard.  All while waiting  
for our worsh (wash) to be done.  Oh and we say house and downtown  
funny as well. :)   Finally we cheer on our beloved Stiller's who are  
going to the super bowl!

Matt P.



On Jan 25, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Aaron Joyner wrote:

> You'ns is a quirk of the Appalachian dialect.  It's actually fairly
> prevalent in Caldwell County where I now live, particularly with older
> residents.  I would assume that if you followed the Appalachian
> mountains up into PA, you'd likely find people use it in the mountain
> regions, there.  A Google search for "appalachian you'ns" seems to
> confirm my understanding[1], of particular interest are the first
> couple sources[2].
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
>
> 1 - http://www.google.com/search?q=appalachian+you%27ns
> 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Pennsylvania_accent
> 2 - http://books.google.com/books?id=MU-43z3ZiToC&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=appalachian+you%27ns&source=bl&ots=M4fWIm59ru&sig=KYowDl9dOl6Z9FhvBZM9DHum4k0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA300,M1
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org>  
> wrote:
>> Doubt it.  $WIFE and her family are from PA, and in my trips there  
>> I've
>> never heard them, or anyone they know, say y'uns.
>>
>> William Sutton
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Jim Ray wrote:
>>
>>> Must be from PA.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]  
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Scott Lambdin
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:50 PM
>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Introduction
>>>
>>> One place the plural is "yuns".
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