Bonnie,

>That's one I haven't heard before ... I've heard "young'uns" before, but not "you'uns".

I just made a comment about this one level up, but I didn't say what it was contraction for:

"you'uns" (pronounced yinnz) is a contraction for "you ones" apparently. :)

Not everyone around here says it, and its not considered as seemly as Southerners seem to view "y'all." But still very common. "Yinzers" is definitely a derogatory term for people who talk like that.

Of course, even the people who call their neighbors "Yinzers" probably misuse the word ignorant. Nearly everyone uses the word ignorant around here when they mean rude. Ex: "He totally interrupted me. He is so ignorant." of course the "yinzers" say "ignernt" but... *bg*

Bill