you'uns
Dialect
- Meaning
- Appalachian second-person plural — 'you all'.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Appalachia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania
What does “you'uns” mean
Plural 'you', formed from 'you' + 'ones'. The Appalachian counterpart to Southern 'y'all' and Pittsburgh 'yinz' (which descends from the same form). A Scots-Irish inheritance, characteristic of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and East Tennessee speech.
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