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What is yinz?

despite all of this talk about western PA "yinz" is actually used heavily in the deep south, especially parts of appalachia in north carolina being short for youngins or being interchangeable with y'all

yinz better listen here.

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Yinz - what is it?

An extremely ugly way of saying "you guys."

Where is yinz goin'?

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What does "yinz" mean?

Something people from the city of Pittsburgh say to indicate that they are mentally handicapped and/or illiterate.

Yinz winnih see the drin pip ah brook? (translation "I can't read and I broke a drain pipe, would you like to see it?") the non-English other words in this example are a result of the citizens of Pittsburgh not having a full set of vowels.

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Yinz - what does it mean?

Pittsburgh term for all of you

What are yinz going to do?

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Yinz - meaning

Pittsburguese for "you guys." It actually doesn't combine any words together. It's not two words combined with letters taken out, which is common for Pittsburguese. It's just a made up word that stands for "you guys."

Jamie asked his companions, "Where are yinz goin'."

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Yinz - definition

a collective pronoun referring to more than one person

Correct grammar: "yinz is jagoffs"

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Yinz - slang

Yinz means "You ones," not "You guys."

Yinz goin to Primanny's after the Stiller game n nat?

Translation: Are you going to Primanti Bros. after the Steeler game? "n nat" is a useless filler that us Picksburghers use all the time n nat.

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Yinz

Short for "you ones"; could also be used in place of:
you
you guys
you all
y'all

Yinz goin' to da wordStillers/word game?

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Yinz

A western-Pennsylvania bastardization of the phrase "you ones", which addresses more than one person. Since we "western PA people" do things like slur words together, replace almost all vowel sounds with a "schwa" sound (the upsidedown e in the dictionary), replace long "a" sounds with long "e" sounds, and refuse to pronounce any "t" that isn't the first letter of a word, this became "you-ens", then "youns", "yunz", and finally "yinz". Someone must have put this particular pronunciation and spelling in print at some point, since it seems to be the most accepted way to say and write it.

The aforementioned characteristics of our accent are probably at least partly due to the diverse heritage of the population of this area, which is mostly made up of Italian, Irish, Polish, Native American, and African American people, NOT inbreeding, as someone in an earlier entry stated.

The word has become associated with Pittsburgh in particular, whose natives are commonly referred to as "yinzers".

"Are yinz comin' up fer Chrissmiss?"

"What're yinz doin'?"

"I seen yinz at the fleamarket yesterdee."

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Yinz

A western-Pennsylvania bastardization of the phrase "you ones", which addresses more than one person. Since we "western PA people" do things like slur words together, replace almost all vowel sounds with a "schwa" sound (the upsidedown e in the dictionary), replace long "a" sounds with long "e" sounds, and refuse to pronounce any "t" that isn't the first letter of a word, this became "you-ens", then "youns", "yunz", and finally "yinz". Someone must have put this particular pronunciation and spelling in print at some point, since it seems to be the most accepted way to say and write it.

The aforementioned characteristics of our accent are probably at least partly due to the diverse heritage of the population of this area, which is mostly made up of Italian, Irish, Polish, Native American, and African American people, NOT inbreeding, as someone in an earlier entry stated.

The word has become associated with Pittsburgh in particular, whose natives are commonly referred to as "yinzers".

"Are yinz comin' up fer Chrissmiss?"

"What're yinz doin'?"

"I seen yinz at the fleamarket yesterdee."

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