What does YON mean????
 

Despite supporting Stanley for over a decade, I'm still to understand all the local slang.

Can someone kindly explain what yon means?

My best mate Cashman likes to use it (alot!).

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You serious? Quite simple - if something's over yon, it means it's over there. Or if someone says yon Mon it means that person.

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Eh Dav di has covered it pretty well, no big deal as in 60s there were a few words of scouse i' was knackered wi.trouble is me memorys getting knackered now n i cant remember what they were, ok la. or i woulda asked yeh,

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always one who,s in favoir of keeping local words and phrases alive. local news should be given by a person with a local dialect. can get you in trouble though as one thing can at times mean another in some parts of the country.

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Cashy's not as green as tha'art cabbage looking tha knows

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As Yonmon I could go off on one of my convoluted dissertations at this point Dav.....and although sorely tempted...I'll control myself !.

Sufficient to say that a reasonable translation of 'Yonmon' would read thus...

' That gentleman over there ! '.....which, I suppose makes me that gentleman over there !.

Nuff sed theer lad !.

ON STANLEY.....ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.

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The Oxford dictionary definition is: yon - definition of yon in English from the Oxford dictionary

yon
Pronunciation: /jɒn/
literary or dialect

determine r& adverb
Yonder; that:
[as determiner]: there’s some big ranches yon side of the Sierra

pronoun
Yonder person or thing: what do you make of yon?

Origin

Old English geon, of Germanic origin; related to German jener 'that one'.

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Aye but dictionarys an Dav dont go together,:D

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So erudite Yerself !.... I am impressed !.

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O.E.D. ? ..... Q.E.D. again ?.

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No you demonstrate, i dont do it.:D

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It is in the past tense so it has already been done.

"Yonder peasant who is he" just old English back to the topic.

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To keep this 'on topic' , one of my favourite dialect words, which I've never heard outside of Accy and rarely hear it there now, is 'punce'.
But maybe some of the long ball aficionados in the moaners' stand still use it.:rolleyes:

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Yeh wont hear it down yon, they cant speak english.:D

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what does punce mean?

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Kick;) proper english dav

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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
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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 ?.

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

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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