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Started by Jaron, July 29, 2009, 10:22:07 PM

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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!

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BuddhaRhubarb

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'
:p

Jaron

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.
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katmai

Vinnie always stated Kentucky wasn't south, and he's from there not a carpetbagger like you sirrah!
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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"
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Barrister

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:
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Jaron

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:

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katmai

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!
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Jaron

Is we'uns like the hillbilly version of "we" (like y'all) ?
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lustindarkness

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.
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ulmont

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

garbon

Makes sense. After all I often encounter "we ones." :o
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MadBurgerMaker

:yeahright:  I've never heard anyone say that before.  So it means...children?

Jaron

The We is not as in 'wee' but we as in nous
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Maximus

Yea, "we ones" is how I always translated that.

Could also be from the German "uns" meaning "us" perhaps?