LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.30 (04) [A/E]

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From: ezinsser at icon.co.za <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.29 (02) [A]

Dag almal,

Die woorde dude, doodle en doedelzak herinner my aan die Afrikaanse
studentetaal woord
'doedie' uit die 70's wat meisie sou beteken.

Nou wonder ek of die benaming nie dalk verband hou met die verskillende
betekenisse soos
almal hier dit verklaar nie: 'without expression'; 'aimlessly'; 'om te
bespeel'; 'om te
befluit'?

Groete,
Elsie Zinsser

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From: Bill Wigham <redbilly2 at earthlink.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.29 (09) [E]

From: Bill Wigham     redbilly2 at earthlink.net
Subjt:  Yin

   While reading about the ins and outs of Yin here I recalled a Mrs.
Hartland, of fond memory, who mothered a chum of mine.  She came from some
place near or in West Virginia or southern Pennsylvania and had a few
strange words.  One of them was Yin or (plural) Yins, such as, "Did yins
have a nice Christmas, Billy".  Would that have been a contraction of "You
ones", something akin to Snuffy Smif's "Yo'uns"?

Cheers,
Bill Wigham

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