Lived here 62 years and have never heard you'ens. Never.
That's cuz most Floridians are Nyu Yawkuhs. My Father and family were from the mountains of N. Georgia and Youins, We'uns, Youinses,Y'all, IsHeren (This Here One) AtenAir (That One There), Gwine (Going), Black Gardening (Cursing) and tons more colloquialisms were just normal language when I was growing up.
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Maybe it's more hillbilly than southern. I've heard those expressions used in southern Illinois and Kentucky quite often. I still can't tell the difference in how they pronounce "tire" and "tar" though.
In a small Georgia town there was a Nativity Scene that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets. Unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a Quick Stop on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face she said, "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar.'"
In a small Georgia town there was a Nativity Scene that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets. Unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a Quick Stop on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face she said, "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar.'"
In the "Coal Miner's Daughter" song Loretta rhymed "tired" with "hard".
The older man up the road from where I grew up once said something about his "caves". I was surprised to learn there were any caves in the area, especially since he only had 10 acres. But I kept listening and eventually realized he was talking about his "calves", but he said it with such a heavy accent.
