I don't know if I spelled that right.
I recall a long time ago I was talking to either Fireblade or Ideologue and this little gem escaped their lips.
What does " we'uns " mean, and what sort of peculiar alien dialect might that be?
"We are One"?
Not latin. Maybe english-latin.
Quote from: Jaron on July 29, 2009, 10:22:07 PM
I don't know if I spelled that right.
I recall a long time ago I was talking to either Fireblade or Ideologue and this little gem escaped their lips.
What does " we'uns " mean, and what sort of peculiar alien dialect might that be?
It's that peculiar alien dialect that makes most of those in the South laughingstocks for the rest of the Union.
At a guess it means "little ones", ie children.
Quote from: Strix on July 29, 2009, 10:43:22 PM
It's that peculiar alien dialect that makes most of those in the South laughingstocks for the rest of the Union.
Not sure I've ever heard that expression. :mellow:
I've never heard a Kentuckian say that... or anyone for that matter. Maybe Ide/FB is just stupid? :)
"Ah'm talkin bout ur niggur friend over dur, we 'uns is gonna hang him!"
Quote from: Fate on July 30, 2009, 06:14:53 AM
"Ah'm talkin bout ur niggur friend over dur, we 'uns is gonna hang him!"
You are correct, sir!
To me it would seem more wee uns. Little ones.
What does 'uns mean in this different southern context? It seems to be just placed there between we and is for no reason....
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 30, 2009, 01:03:48 AM
At a guess it means "little ones", ie children.
So the two youts went in...
Quote from: Caliga on July 30, 2009, 05:15:40 AM
I've never heard a Kentuckian say that... or anyone for that matter. Maybe Ide/FB is just stupid? :)
Maybe kentuckians just aren't that southern.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 30, 2009, 07:47:31 AMMaybe kentuckians just aren't that southern.
:frusty:
If you're from Harlan County, you know that Kentuckians are Southerners. ^_^
I will make an exception for the folks in Northern Kentucky (i.e. suburban Cinci).
I mean, if Kentuckians aren't Southern, then what the hell are they!? They sure as hell aren't Midwesterners. I would agree that the folks in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama are more Southern (partly because they are located to the south ;) ), but that doesn't make Kentuckians 'not that southern'.
Quote from: Caliga on July 30, 2009, 05:15:40 AM
I've never heard a Kentuckian say that... or anyone for that matter. Maybe Ide/FB is just stupid? :)
Or Jaron is just a troll. :)
This sounds like something some ghetto people or people from Jarwja would say.
Quote from: Caliga on July 30, 2009, 08:24:20 AM
If you're from Harlan County, you know that Kentuckians are Southerners. ^_^
That sirrah, is slander!
*slaps Cal with glove*
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 30, 2009, 01:03:48 AM
At a guess it means "little ones", ie children.
what else could it mean? :p I think j-dawg is funnin'
No, its real.
For example, look at the title of this blog:
http://cobbloviate.com/2008/04/guess_what_boys_weuns_won_afte.html
I don't know what it means, but it seems to be something Ide would know more about. Of course Korea lies to try to cover for him, but thats nothing new.
Vinnie always stated Kentucky wasn't south, and he's from there not a carpetbagger like you sirrah!
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 30, 2009, 11:54:39 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 30, 2009, 01:03:48 AM
At a guess it means "little ones", ie children.
what else could it mean? :p I think j-dawg is funnin'
Well in Fate's sentence it sounds like it just means "we"
Quote from: katmai on July 30, 2009, 03:11:12 PM
Vinnie always stated Kentucky wasn't south, and he's from there not a carpetbagger like you sirrah!
Everything south of 60 degrees latitude is south. You know that. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Barrister on July 30, 2009, 03:20:00 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 30, 2009, 03:11:12 PM
Vinnie always stated Kentucky wasn't south, and he's from there not a carpetbagger like you sirrah!
Everything south of 60 degrees latitude is south. You know that. :rolleyes:
I'm a good ol' boy!
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:22:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 30, 2009, 03:20:00 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 30, 2009, 03:11:12 PM
Vinnie always stated Kentucky wasn't south, and he's from there not a carpetbagger like you sirrah!
Everything south of 60 degrees latitude is south. You know that. :rolleyes:
I'm a good ol' boy!
Never meaning no harm? yeah right!
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
I think so, seems I have heard this down in LA. I will ask a southern linguist expert (redneck) friend of mine tonight.
According to the Cambridge History of the English Language, in Scottish English "one" was often converted into "'un", and that is the ultimate roots of "you'uns," "we'uns," and "young'uns."
See http://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=%2Betymology+of+%2Bwe%27uns&source=bl&ots=sKluAwPfVn&sig=9crN8s-9ddfBFVW7vy1BFrIAPSc&hl=en&ei=mQNySpu0EYnENu_N9LAM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1
Makes sense. After all I often encounter "we ones." :o
:yeahright: I've never heard anyone say that before. So it means...children?
The We is not as in 'wee' but we as in nous
Yea, "we ones" is how I always translated that.
Could also be from the German "uns" meaning "us" perhaps?
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 05:24:11 PM
The We is not as in 'wee' but we as in nous
:lmfao: That meme will never die, will it?
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
That is how I took it, the plural of y'all.
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
Yeah, it's basically the same thing as "y'all" except in the first person instead of the second person. I think it used to be fairly common among elderly people with southern roots, especially elderly blacks from the rural south, but I don't think I've ever actually heard anybody use it who was born after WWI unless it was a deliberate attempt to be humorous or evoke a stereotype.
Quote from: lustindarkness on July 30, 2009, 03:28:41 PM
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
I think so, seems I have heard this down in LA. I will ask a southern linguist expert (redneck) friend of mine tonight.
Got a response from my linguist expert, I asked him if it was the southern version of "we".
QuoteRe: Hey Bax, I need your expertise.
yes my friend. sorry you had to hear that.
for example, "we'uns family all the back to the civil war. my great great great grandfather cecil fought in the 5th calvary. he was big redneck like me."
:-)
Quote from: Caliga on July 30, 2009, 05:15:40 AM
I've never heard a Kentuckian say that... or anyone for that matter. Maybe Ide/FB is just stupid? :)
Kentucky fails at even being rednecks.
Kentucky is a state in a constant state of fail.
Quote from: lustindarkness on July 31, 2009, 10:17:44 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on July 30, 2009, 03:28:41 PM
Quote from: Jaron on July 30, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
I think so, seems I have heard this down in LA. I will ask a southern linguist expert (redneck) friend of mine tonight.
Got a response from my linguist expert, I asked him if it was the southern version of "we".
QuoteRe: Hey Bax, I need your expertise.
yes my friend. sorry you had to hear that.
for example, "we'uns family all the back to the civil war. my great great great grandfather cecil fought in the 5th calvary. he was big redneck like me."
:-)
Thank you, HERMANITO.
As far as Kentucky being Southern- western Kentucky and central Kentucky are Southern. Eastern Kentucky is Appalachian, which is not Southern. Northern Kentucky has long since been lost to northern interests.
Kentucky has always been a divided state, and never a particularly admirable one. Kentucky has never had anything to match the stately wonder of Charleston or the bustle and vibrance of Memphis- it is the tertiary South, and the fringe of civilisation.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 31, 2009, 07:11:50 PM
...Kentucky has always been ... the fringe of civilisation.
[sic]
:yes: The southern fringe.
We, the Huns.
We are Huns.
Wii, The Huns.