Can I tell alla yinz a story?

[The Polack MSgt]

Back when I was a young Airman in Japan, I liked to go clubbing.

But I was under paid over sexed and fond of liquor. It's a relatively common combination I hear.

Anyway most Fridays, my buddies and I would go out to the pavilion between the barracks, burn some burgers and dogs and drink cheap American beer. Nowadays it's called "Pre-Gaming"

Back then it was "A bottle of beer is over 3 dollars in Tokyo and I make $650 a month" Pre-gaming is certainly more concise...

Any way this song was a lock to get palyed on a boombox at least once

I'M THE MAN

[mr_lebowski]

1. I'z a middle-schooler at Hong Kong International when this hit, so I wasn't TOO far from ya then

A lot of us ex-pat kids were listening to this over in HK too!

[dawg day]

2. "Yinz"? I've heard that (you-uns, y'all variant)-

but I don't know what region it's from?

[The Polack MSgt]

3. You'ns (I guess phonetically YOONZ) is pretty common

between central Tennessee, through Kentucky and southern WV

But I came up in SW Pennsylvania, about 14 miles from Wheeling, 30-ish miles from Pittsburgh.

We said yinz.

Around the Pittsburgh area "Yinzer" is the usual term for rural folks.

The SW PA version of "Redneck"