>I'm also a Pittsburgh native, but being from a family that valued
>education, I knew better than to say "yunz" (my spelling of you-uns)
>or "worshing machine" (the device that cleans your clothing). But it
>wasn't till I moved out of Pittsburgh and became the object of
>laughter that I learned not to say the floor needed swept or my room
>needed cleaned. (01)
Cor, taint alf funny listnin to all thisyer yank
stuff bout krek waiter talk. All yanks sounz
alluzsame to Oi. An tiz a right laf when they yer
me and reckon Im smart cuzzuv the way Oi speaks
English-loik. If they knew ow Oi soundz to summun
from Lunnun, theyud be laffing loik ducks. (02)
Pat (03)
>Kathy
>
>At 2:36 PM -0600 4/16/07, Conklin, Don wrote:
>>Having lived in Texas for some years, I didn't see the multiple version
>>of "y'all" used. "Y-all" was applied to individuals and/or groups
>>indiscriminately.
>>
>>As a native New Yorker, I thought "youse" was a similarly used term
>>applicable to individuals or groups.
>>
>>Don Conklin
>>Lockheed Martin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McComb,
>>Dave
>>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:25 PM
>>To: [ontolog-forum]
>>Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Big URI
>>
>>I've had it on pretty good authority that the plural of y'all is
>>"all-y'all" as in "Why don't all-y'all come on down for some grits?"
>>
>>Dave McComb, President, Semantic Arts, Inc. www.semanticarts.com
>>(970) 490-2224
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John F.
>>Sowa
>>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:13 PM
>>To: [ontolog-forum]
>>Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Big URI
>>
>>Chris,
>>
>>As a Pittsburgh native, I can fill in some details of the
>>Pittsburgh dialect (which I heard, but never mastered
>>because of conflict with my grandmother's Polish).
>>
>>CM> "y'all'll" is an authentic Texas double contraction, y'all!
>> > My favorite is the 2nd-person plural possessive "y'all's",
>> > as in "Do y'all want lemon in y'all's ice tea?" The only
>> > other English 2nd-person plurals I know of are "youse" and
>> > "you-uns" (and their variants like "yiz" and "yins"), but
>> > I'm not sure if either accommodates the possessive -- can
>> > any New England or Appalachian natives speak authoritatively
>> > here?
>>
>>The Pittsburgh plural is halfway between "you-uns" and "yins".
>>It has one syllable like "yins", but the vowel is pronounced
>>with the tongue lower and farther back.
>>
>>My favorite contraction occurs in the following Pittsburghese
>>sentence:
>>
>> "Whynchyuins kids red up the hahs while I go take a shahr?"
>>
>>The first word is a contraction of "Why-don't-you-ones".
>>
>>The verb "red up" means to "ready up". It occurs in some
>>Scottish dialects and in some parts of Canada and Virginia
>>as well as Western Pennsylvania.
>>
>>The diphthong /au/ in "house" and "shower" is pronounced
>>as a long vowel, as in the "a" of "about", but lengthened
>>for same duration as the diphthong in "house".
>>
>>And by the way, the Chicago plural of "you" is "yaz",
>>with the same vowel as in the "a" of "about".
>>
>>John
>>
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