you-uns en · PRON
Pronunciation
- /ˈjuːʌnz/ (UK)
- /ˈjuənz/ (US)
- /ˈjʌnz/ (US)
- [jɪ̈nz] (US) originally unstressed
- (US) audio
Etymology
Eye dialect of you ones.
Meanings
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(Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US) You (plural, as subject or object).
Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.
1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country (Nebraska 2005), page 122
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yunz | alternative | lexicographic | |
| you'nes | alternative | lexicographic | |
| youins | alternative | lexicographic | |
| y'ins | alternative | lexicographic | |
| you'uns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| youuns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| y'uns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| youns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| you'ns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| you'ins | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yuns | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yinz | alternative | lexicographic |