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Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic him
youngin shows a variant form (compare young'un) --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:59, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
- Between that, google books:youins, and goodin, it seems to be at least just barely possible to attest -in as a rare (likely pronunciation-motivated) variant of (-)un.
- 2000, Gene Ligotti, Swamp Fox: Southern Gentleman of the American Revolution, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 48:
- "Oscar this's the wost time that this could happen." […] "No time would be a-goodin," said the smiling black man. "Brought yo eatins. Make yo strong agin. Missy Mary say yo gotta eat now."
- 2009, LF Dunton, HOME, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN)
- “That's a goodin', Rick.I'll hafta tell Vera.”
- 2000, Gene Ligotti, Swamp Fox: Southern Gentleman of the American Revolution, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 48:
- - -sche (discuss) 10:14, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
him
[edit]Sometimes written without the apostrophe, it represents a rendering in colloquial standard of dialectal forms of two different personal pronouns, him ( the ladies liked ’un —P. Hill, 1977 ) and one --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:01, 13 March 2021 (UTC)