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03-09-2016, 20:15
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What does YON mean????
Despite supporting Stanley for over a decade, I'm still to understand all the local slang.
Can someone kindly explain what yon means? My best mate Cashman likes to use it (alot!). |
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03-09-2016, 20:45
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Re: What does YON mean????
You serious? Quite simple - if something's over yon, it means it's over there. Or if someone says yon Mon it means that person.
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03-09-2016, 21:28
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04-09-2016, 07:51
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Re: What does YON mean????
always one who,s in favoir of keeping local words and phrases alive. local news should be given by a person with a local dialect. can get you in trouble though as one thing can at times mean another in some parts of the country.
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04-09-2016, 08:45
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Cashy's not as green as tha'art cabbage looking tha knows
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04-09-2016, 09:08
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As Yonmon I could go off on one of my convoluted dissertations at this point Dav.....and although sorely tempted...I'll control myself !. Sufficient to say that a reasonable translation of 'Yonmon' would read thus... ' That gentleman over there ! '.....which, I suppose makes me that gentleman over there !. Nuff sed theer lad !. ON STANLEY.....ON TO GREATER THINGS !!. |
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04-09-2016, 10:47
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Re: What does YON mean????
The Oxford dictionary definition is: yon - definition of yon in English from the Oxford dictionary
yon Pronunciation: /jɒn/ literary or dialect determine r& adverb Yonder; that: [as determiner]: there’s some big ranches yon side of the Sierra pronoun Yonder person or thing: what do you make of yon? Origin Old English geon, of Germanic origin; related to German jener 'that one'.
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04-09-2016, 11:26
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04-09-2016, 11:28
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04-09-2016, 11:30
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04-09-2016, 12:08
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"Yonder peasant who is he" just old English back to the topic. |
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04-09-2016, 12:13
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Re: What does YON mean????
To keep this 'on topic' , one of my favourite dialect words, which I've never heard outside of Accy and rarely hear it there now, is 'punce'.
But maybe some of the long ball aficionados in the moaners' stand still use it.  |
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04-09-2016, 12:23
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04-09-2016, 17:27
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Re: What does YON mean????
what does punce mean?
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