Re: What does YON mean????
 

Kick;) proper english dav

Re: What does YON mean????
 

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
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Re: What does YON mean????
 

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 !!.

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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 ?.

Re: What does YON mean????
 

Yeh must know some posh gets? i heard it used wi far stronger terms used,:D

Re: What does YON mean????
 

Punce was abbreviated by lazy YonSoutherners to Punt.

"Punce it to Yonmon"

By the way, I've heard sheep botherers in the county to our East refer to us as "yonners" owing to our over use of the word