Hi Steve, having traveled to numerous military bases all over the USA in
my real world job I've only heard "you'uns" used in southern Indiana.
This is not to say it's limited to that locality but that's only where I
ever heard it. Except....I was at NAS Jacksonville once talking to a
guy who said "you'uns." I asked him where he was from and he said
southwestern Indiana!! I've heard variations such as "yous" and "youse"
in different places however.
Jack (Native Razorback Hog)
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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:31 PM
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Subject: RE: Early Friday Funny
All true, except for one point of grammar:
"y'all" is not singular. It's only used when addressing more than one
person. Using "y'all" in the South to refer to one person is a dead
giveaway that the speaker is "not from around here."
An acceptable alternative to "y'all" in some regions is "you'uns".
Steve Byers
BJ8 Registrar by choice, native Tar Heel by the grace of God
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