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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. yinz - meme gifyinz - videoYinz - what is it?An extremely ugly way of saying "you guys." Where is yinz goin'? 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. Yinz - what does it mean?Pittsburgh term for all of you What are yinz going to do? Yinz - meaningPittsburguese 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'." Yinz - definitiona collective pronoun referring to more than one person Correct grammar: "yinz is jagoffs" Yinz - slangYinz means "You ones," not "You guys." Yinz goin to Primanny's after the Stiller game n nat? YinzShort for "you ones"; could also be used in place of: Yinz goin' to da wordStillers/word game? YinzA 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. "Are yinz comin' up fer Chrissmiss?" YinzA 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. "Are yinz comin' up fer Chrissmiss?" |
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