What does YON mean????
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Eh Dav di has covered it pretty well, no big deal as in 60s there were a few words of scouse i' was knackered wi.trouble is me memorys getting knackered now n i cant remember what they were, ok la. or i woulda asked yeh,
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.
Cashy's not as green as tha'art cabbage looking tha knows
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 !!.
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'.
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'.
So erudite Yerself !.... I am impressed !.
Aye but dictionarys an Dav dont go together,
O.E.D. ? ..... Q.E.D. again ?.
No you demonstrate, i dont do it.
No you demonstrate, i dont do it.
It is in the past tense so it has already been done.
"Yonder peasant who is he" just old English back to the topic.
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.
But maybe some of the long ball aficionados in the moaners' stand still use it.
Yeh wont hear it down yon, they cant speak english.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.
Kick
proper english dav
DAV007 said:
For this we have to consult the 'Collins Dictionary': Punce | Define Punce at Dictionary.com
punce
/pʌns/
noun
1.
a kick
verb punce, puncing, punced
2.
to kick
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
He dwells just beyond the forest fence , by St Agnes' Fountain !... thought everyone knew that Chewy !.
And if you've got any spare flesh and wine, and a pine log thats doing nothing, we and Dav will bear them thither....!. O'er yon !.
Gosh, this is a fascinating thread !.
ON STANLEY.....ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.
Once many years ago on what was to eventually turn out to be The Wham Stadium, I heard the expression...' Punce 'im in t'stooans ' emanating from one of the Stanley stalwarts there who shall be nameless !. ( Sorry Sherry and AccyMad for the vulgar allusion !).
It seemed to me at the time that 'punce' was the only expression powerful enough to use in that situation, leaving 'kick' far behind !.
'PUNCE'....an excellent, if seldom used, 'lanky' word ?.
Yeh must know some posh gets? i heard it used wi far stronger terms used,