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WCDT Strips 3596-3600 (23rd October - 27th October 2017)

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Dave H:

--- Quote from: Gyrre on 30 Oct 2017, 17:32 ---BTW, howdy and ya'll are both words in the dictionary, even though both are shortened forms of phrases ('how do you do' and 'you all' respectively).

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I'm still trying to figure out where "you'uns" comes from. Where I grew up (Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio) it was the plural of "you," as in "Are you'uns coming over for supper this Sunday?"

Tova:

cesium133:

--- Quote from: Dave H on 30 Oct 2017, 18:12 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 30 Oct 2017, 17:32 ---BTW, howdy and ya'll are both words in the dictionary, even though both are shortened forms of phrases ('how do you do' and 'you all' respectively).

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I'm still trying to figure out where "you'uns" comes from. Where I grew up (Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio) it was the plural of "you," as in "Are you'uns coming over for supper this Sunday?"

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In Pittsburgh they compress it even farther to "yinz." It's disgusting. Almost as bad as when they say they're going to drink a can of someone's father.

jwhouk:
Let's not forget "aina", dere hey?


(Oh wait, I forgot, cesium133 is over in Madison, he probably has yet to hear a Cudahy accent...)

OldGoat:

--- Quote from: Dave H on 30 Oct 2017, 18:12 ---I'm still trying to figure out where "you'uns" comes from. Where I grew up (Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio) it was the plural of "you," as in "Are you'uns coming over for supper this Sunday?"

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Probably "you ones," probably evolved from "young'uns" (young ones). 

I recently got gibed for sounding like a TV network newscaster (Pacific Northwest accent).

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