[Ads-l] yinzer

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Definitely a Pittsburgher, or someone from thereabouts. 


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From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> 
Date: 10/11/16  8:11 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
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Subject: yinzer 

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Sign at T---p rally in Ambridge, Pa:

"Yinzers 4 Trump"

'Typically working-class person who says "yinz" (i.e., "you-uns")'?

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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