[PRCo] Re: Answer to Fred III's post on bilingual drivers and "yinz"

[robert simpson]

Derivation of "yinz"???
   
  Good question!  .  
   
  Just a thought... the area of Forbes Avenue near the old Forbes Field also be a possibility.
   
  Another similar word is "youns" or "yuns" - which might be from the Carson Street area many years ago after generous drinking of Duquesne, Fort Pitt, and Iron City (beer, that is) after working at the "mills".  "Youns" sounds more Southern than "yinz" - hence the South Side.
   
  Robert Simpson
  from Krazy Kalifornia
... where they never heard of Reymers Blennd, Isaly's or "yinz".
  
Bob Dietrich <bdietrich at comcast.net> wrote:
  So which was "yinz" derived from?