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10. Yinz is recent, "younz" is what I heard growing up

Mon Dec 16, 2019, 01:23 AM

Dec 2019

As in "are younz guys goin' bowling?" Promised myself I'd never say it and never have.

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My fellow Pittsburghers will get this joke [View all] FakeNoose Dec 2019 OP

I thought the spelling packman Dec 2019 #1

That's how my gramma pronounced it too. Can I get in on this bet? marble falls Dec 2019 #2

I've seen it spelled both ways FakeNoose Dec 2019 #5

Yinz is recent, "younz" is what I heard growing up DeminPennswoods Dec 2019 #10

As a fellow Pittsburgher... Freedomofspeech Dec 2019 #3

My Uncle lived in Nanty Glo and Belsano mitch96 Dec 2019 #7

"Thank yuse for the nudge down memory lane" mitch96 Dec 2019 #9