Informal or dialectal form of 'your,' commonly used in casual speech and regional dialects. Also an archaic form meaning 'yes.'
Contraction of Middle English 'youre,' from Old English 'eower.' The form represents natural phonetic reduction in rapid speech, preserved in various dialects and informal registers.
This tiny word captures centuries of linguistic evolution in action - the same process that created 'yer' from 'your' is actively creating contractions like 'gonna' and 'wanna' in modern English. Dialect forms often preserve older pronunciations that standard English has abandoned.
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