youah

English

Determiner

youah

1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of your.
   • 1918, George Bronson-Howard, Birds of Prey: Being Pages from the Book of Broadway, page 84:

     But you keep youah house here, youah Newport villa, youah château at Cannes. Whereas, if you broke the will and secured youah dower, youah income would not permit such extravagances.

   • 1924, The Fighting Coward:

     "Put away youah money! Eve'ything is free heah."

   • 1991, Angelina Weld Grimké, Selected Works of Angelina Weld Grimké, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 344:

     "Mahry Lou, Ah'm not foolin' wid yo'. — Youah cuhrtain dah at mah windah, youah baid spread hyah on ma bed, youah sham hyah on ma pillah, youah rug hyah on ma floo', youah good rockin' chahr obah dah ...

   • 2009, Phillip Obenchain, Refrain of the Night Wind, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 363:

     I will keep youah camp. I will clean the animals of the hunt. I will make the hides soft. I will bring the wood and keep the fahr. One day—I bring you a son—and you will happy.” Starr put his arms down around her shoulders.

   • 2016, Mary A. Livermore, The Story of My Life: Sunshine and Shadows of Seventy Years, BIG BYTE BOOKS

     Debbie jess yit, Ike Martin, quit youah stealin', an' of you doan, de ole Dragon '11 cotch you in de woods some dark night! Ben Solger, stop youah lyin'!”