So, Pirate Girl, would these be correct sentences: "How are yins doing?" or "So good to see yins!" (I want to amaze and astound the next Western Pennsylvanian I meet!)
So, Pirate Girl, would these be correct sentences: "How are yins doing?" or "So good to see yins!" (I want to amaze and astound the next Western Pennsylvanian I meet!)
You got it. You will definite be one of us up 'eer. There is actually a small book written on "Pittsburghese." It's a hoot.
I have the "Pittsburghese" book plus two magnets.
I have the "Pittsburghese" book plus two magnets.
Yes and we root for the Picksburgh Stillers!
Hi Jill, I believe I joined the forum the same day you did but wanted to say Welcome too. While reading all the other "Welcomes" I saw all the Pennsylvanians and had to laugh because although I am a Florida native my husband is from Butler, PA! LOL!
I have gone back to Butler with my husband and have seen that PA is a beautiful state. I love all of your accents too.
Sparrowx in Florida
Accents? What accents?
No, I haven't gone to the outlets on Black Friday....looks like extreme chaos to me. I've watched a lot of news reports about our local outlet in Limerick before heading out to catch my flight....and the crowds were huge and some of those people "scare" me running people over to get to where they're headed - crazy, I tell ya.
Noticing all the people that used to live in PA....just wondering what made you all decide to move away?
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I'm sure it concerns the weather issues from December to March. Blech.
Here in central Pennsylvania many of the natives say "you'uns" when addressing more than one person, so that might explain the origins of the western Pennsylvania "yinz."
I saw all the Pennsylvanians and had to laugh because although I am a Florida native my husband is from Butler, PA! LOL!![]()
I have gone back to Butler with my husband and have seen that PA is a beautiful state. I love all of your accents too.![]()
Sparrowx in Florida
One of my brothers lives in Butler.
Noticing all the people that used to live in PA....just wondering what made you all decide to move away?
Work. I used to work for Ames Departments Stores. I transferred from a store in SW PA to the corporate office in Connecticut. I was able to get a job here after they went out of business.
Hey yinz, can I be an honorary Pennsylvanian, if I read the book and all??
Luv2Tvl, Black Friday is kind of chaotic, but it's the only sport I can get into...ha! (Hey, that doesn't knock me out of the Pennsylvania club, does it?)
Hey yinz, can I be an honorary Pennsylvanian, if I read the book and all??Luv2Tvl, Black Friday is kind of chaotic, but it's the only sport I can get into...ha! (Hey, that doesn't knock me out of the Pennsylvania club, does it?)
Absolutely Nancy. I will make you an honorary member of the Yinzer Club and Western Pennsylvanian. We call rubberbands - gumbands; we call carbonated beverages like Pepsi - pop; and the best phrase of all....when cleaning our rooms - we "Red" up the room. Where that phrase came from is a mystery.
PirateGirl I know that one! It's Pennsylvania Dutch to "clean the room" . My grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch.
Thanks Mrhub. I never could figure out where that came from and I have lived here all my life.
PirateGirl I know that one! It's Pennsylvania Dutch to "clean the room" . My grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch.
My in-laws used to "red" up the room, also. Hubby had to explain what it meant, I had no clue. The in-laws had some really interesting colloquialisms.
But where I was born (New England), we called water fountains "bubblers" and rubber bands "elastics." I had to unlearn that lingo right quick when my parents moved us all to Maryland. And where I addressed a group of friends as "you guys" my new schoolmates said "you all" (not "y'all," we weren't far enough South for that).
I looked it up. It isn't short for "ready" or even Pennsylvania Dutch at all.
The terms redd and redd up came to the American Midlands from the many Scottish immigrants who settled there. Meaning "to clear an area or to make it tidy," redd is still used in Scotland and Northern Ireland; in the United States it is especially common in Pennsylvania as the phrasal verb redd up. The term, which goes back to Old Norse rydhja, can be traced from the 15th century to the present, particularly in dialects of Scotland and the North of England.
Nancy D wrote:Hey yinz, can I be an honorary Pennsylvanian, if I read the book and all??Luv2Tvl, Black Friday is kind of chaotic, but it's the only sport I can get into...ha! (Hey, that doesn't knock me out of the Pennsylvania club, does it?)
Absolutely Nancy. I will make you an honorary member of the Yinzer Club and Western Pennsylvanian. We call rubberbands - gumbands; we call carbonated beverages like Pepsi - pop; and the best phrase of all....when cleaning our rooms - we "Red" up the room. Where that phrase came from is a mystery.
It's "pop" for us here in Minnesota, too.
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Thanks Mrhub! I see they like "dippy ecks". So do I.
I'm learning all kinds of stuff today!
I love the "bubbler" and "gumbands"...those are great! Isn't it funny how we all live in the same country, but still say things different?
There was a show on PBS once about it, called "Do You Speak American?" and it was all about the different words and even sounds we use all across America. It was fascinating!
I'm late to the party- but wanted to say WELCOME!