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Yonst?

Can anyone tell me what this word Yonst means? It is an antibellum, southern word which might have something to do with someone settling "there" or "elsewhere", not here.
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The inimitable Michael Meric (Email Removed) stated one day [nq:1]Can anyone tell me what this word Yonst means? [/nq] It also might have to do with "at once", as one or two previous posters mentioned. No one here seems to know.

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  • The inimitable Michael Meric (Email Removed) stated one day [nq:1]Can anyone tell me what this word Yonst means?
  • [/nq] It also might have to do with "at once", as one or two previous posters mentioned.
  • No one here seems to know.
  • You might try asking the reference department of the library at the University of Alabama or the linguistics department there.
  • Surely, if anyone would know, it would be someone in one of those two professions (among others, of course), and you would probably be appreciated for asking a very good question.
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The inimitable Michael Meric (Email Removed) stated one day
[nq:1]Can anyone tell me what this word Yonst means? It is an antibellum,[/nq]
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[nq:1]southern word which might have something to do with someone settling "there" or "elsewhere", not here.[/nq]
It also might have to do with "at once", as one or two previous posters ment
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That's what I call service.
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I didn't notice earlier discussion of this word. Google led me to only one sample, which is consistent with Michael's explanation.

My speculation is that it is derived from "yon".
[nq:1]No one here seems to know. You might try asking the reference department of the library at the University of ... of those two professions (among others, of course), and you would probably be appreciate
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The inimitable Padraig Breathnach (Email Removed) stated one day
[nq:1]I didn't notice earlier discussion of this word. Google led me to only one sample, which is consistent with Michael's explanation.[/nq]
That seems to be the only sample and it seems to be whence Michael's question comes.
[nq:1]My speculation is that it is derived from "yon".[/nq]
Sounds like a worthy explanation
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On 14 Oct 2003 16:13:36 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:2]Can anyone tell me what this word Yonst means? It is an antibellum,[/nq]
[nq:1]antebellum antebellum antebellum antebellum antebellum[/nq]
Shouldn't that be antebellumism antebellumism antebellumism antebellumism antebellumism?

Charles Riggs
Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net
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[nq:1]I didn't notice earlier discussion of this word. Google led me to only one sample, which is consistent with Michael's explanation. My speculation is that it is derived from "yon".[/nq]
Is that like a yoni? Or is it more like a box?

Charles Riggs
Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net
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