Yinz (see § History and usage below for other spellings) is a second-person plural pronoun used mainly in Western Pennsylvania English. It is most prominent in Pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the cultural region known as Appalachia, located within the geographical region of the Appalachians. [1]

2011年2月11日 · A: “Yinz” is Pittsburghese. Sometimes spelled “yins” or “yunz,” it’s a plural form of “you.” This puts it in the same category as “you-uns,” “yous,” “y’all,” “you guys,” and other terms that have been described as attempts to reestablish a separate plural of “you.”

2018年11月13日 · What does yinz mean? Yinz is a Pittsburgh equivalent to y’all. It is used to address two or more people as a second-person plural pronoun.

2021年9月17日 · It's all dependent on the accent. The Pittsburgh accent is a bit more nasally than the neighboring related accents, so Pittsburgh uses Yinz while neighboring areas say Yunz instead. It's the same word in a slightly different accent.

2023年2月27日 · Yinz, meaning “you all,” is a staple in the dialect known as Pittsburghese. Read on for our guide on this truly versatile slang. "How yinz guys doing?" Depending on your familiarity with Western Pennsylvania's culture and language, phrases like that might cause you to shake your head in confusion. Don't worry, though…

2016年10月13日 · You’ve heard the solutions: y’all, youse, you guys, yinz, you’uns. These are widely seen as incorrect, or nonstandard. The most famous, of course, is y’all. So what’s the history of y’all?

2023年1月10日 · 1. Yinz/ Younz/ Yunz. While America’s major cities modestly resolve from “you all” into “y’all”, Pittsburghese makes it altogether anew! Our Irish immigrants from the 1800s began referring to it as “you one’s”; later on became “you’unz”. But, the changes just rolled in, and finally stated it as “yinz” or “yunz”.

It's spelled yinz. Yunz is a valid, particular pronunciation (for those with the extra thick Pittsburghese dialect/locale)!

2025年1月25日 · Contraction of you ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens. (in the plural) You. From Chinese 勻 (MC ywin). From Chinese 寅 (MC yin).

Some Pittsburghers use yinz,yunz, or you’unz for you when there is more than one you. yunz. Pittsburghers may say sentences like “My shirt needs ironed” instead of “My shirt needs to be ironed” “needs washed” The word “anymore” can be used in …