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Yere vs Yer - What's the difference?

yere | yer |

As pronouns the difference between yere and yer

is that yere is your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye while yer is eye dialect of lang=en.

As an adverb yer is

eye dialect of yeah1|lang=en, yes.

As a contraction yer is

eye dialect of you're1|lang=en, you are.

As a noun yer is

either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

yere

English

Pronoun

  • (Irish) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
  • * 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore , Scene 8:
    • What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is
  • * 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
    • The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
  • * 2012 Christy O'Connor " The first great rivalry of the 21st century" Irish Independent , 28 July 2012:
    • "I've been listening to yere' s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with ' yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

    Usage notes

    Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal. ----

    yer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal)
  • * 1991 , Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost , London: Random Century Group
    • 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
  • :1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
  • ::‘Las’]] time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘[[yeh, Yeh look a lot like yer' dad, but yeh’ve got ' yer mum’s eyes.’
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal, uncommon)
  • *1992 , Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe
  • *:'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
    • Derived terms
    * yerself, yerselves

    Adverb

  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal) , yes.

    • Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal) , you are.
  • *1991 , Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life , London: Virago Press Ltd
  • *:Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
  • :1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
  • ::‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
    • See also
    * ya * jer

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia yer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of the letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

    • Anagrams

    * English second person pronouns Geordie English ----