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单词 yinz
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Definition of yinz in English:

yinz

(also yunz)
pronounjɪnzjɪnz
US dialect
  • (in western Pennsylvania) you (used to refer to more than one person)

    how yinz guys doing?
    glad to have yinz here
    Six dollars for a Coke. Yunz believe that?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Coming to Pittsburgh from Caracas, he doesn't mind hearing "yinz" and "n'at."
    • I decided to watch a few random videos from the world of sports that I thought yinz would enjoy.
    • We had a good time joking in our Pittsburgh dialect and about how it's nice to go back—"Yunz live Dahntahn?"
    • His sort-of Irish band has a new CD, with many a song about longing for Pittsburgh, where the guys say "yunz" and the girls say "no."
    • Anyway, just keeping yinz posted.

Origin

1980s: representing a regional prounuciation of you-uns, a plural form appearing in Appalachia and the Midwest from the early 19th century.

Definition of yinz in US English:

yinz

(also yunz)
pronounyinzjɪnz
US dialect
  • (in western Pennsylvania) you (used to refer to more than one person)

    how yinz guys doing?
    glad to have yinz here
    Six dollars for a Coke. Yunz believe that?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We had a good time joking in our Pittsburgh dialect and about how it's nice to go back—"Yunz live Dahntahn?"
    • Anyway, just keeping yinz posted.
    • Coming to Pittsburgh from Caracas, he doesn't mind hearing "yinz" and "n'at."
    • His sort-of Irish band has a new CD, with many a song about longing for Pittsburgh, where the guys say "yunz" and the girls say "no."
    • I decided to watch a few random videos from the world of sports that I thought yinz would enjoy.

Origin

1980s: representing a regional pronunciation of you-uns, a plural form appearing in Appalachia and the Midwest from the early 19th century.

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