"yinz" meaning in English

See yinz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: Contraction of you ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens. Etymology templates: {{contraction|en|you ones}} Contraction of you ones, {{contraction|en|ye ones|notext=1}} ye ones, {{m|en|you-uns}} you-uns, {{m|en|yens}} yens Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} yinz, {{en-pron}} yinz
  1. (US, dialectal, especially Western Pennsylvania and Appalachia) you (plural). Wikipedia link: yinz Tags: Appalachia, Pennsylvania, US, Western, dialectal, especially Synonyms: the list of other second-person pronouns in you, yins, yuns, yunz (english: spelling varies by speaker)

Alternative forms

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