tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post6415949578603367687..comments2024-02-27T06:46:04.214-05:00Comments on Might Oughta Should: You guys 'n' y'allLiz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-85499662925397746042010-01-26T20:25:09.272-05:002010-01-26T20:25:09.272-05:00"Yoons" sure helps make more sense out o..."Yoons" sure helps make more sense out of "yinz." It isn't in the book. How many syllables does it have? "You-uns" presumably has two, "yinz" one; but Southerners always seem to turn one-syllable words into two-syllable ones (like the color "ray-yed"), so I could imagine "yoons" going either way.Liz Paleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-6513495728564136822010-01-25T16:52:47.520-05:002010-01-25T16:52:47.520-05:00Does the book mention "yoons"? I know th...Does the book mention "yoons"? I know this to be part of the Virginia country dialect (aka country-talk or plain old /country/). I imagine it derives from "you ones".Heather Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967570149715160780noreply@blogger.com