Talking Pennsylvanian

hearingimpared
hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
edited December 2006 in The Clubhouse
This is good. . . atleast for Pennsylvanians. . . and it's good fodder for our dear friend GG.

Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!

About Pennsylvanians

You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly" and New Jersey has always been "Jersey "

You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay). How many other states do that?

"You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women

You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?) You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre , Schuylkill , the
Pocono's, Tamaqua, Tunkannock, Bala Cynwyd, Duquesne & Monongahela.

You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch
at least highlights of the parade. You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.

The first day of buck & the first day of doe season are school holidays.
You know how to get 'rid' of things and how to read up.

You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" & not even bat an eye.

You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at
least one polka & either an Italian song (sung in Italian), or "Hava Nagila."

At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most their windows all year long.

You know what a "Hex sign" is.

You know what a "State Store" is, and your out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase e liquor at the mini-mart.

You own only 4 condiments: salt, pepper, mustard & ketchup.



Words like "hoagie," "crick," "chipped ham," "sticky buns," "shoo-fly
pie," "pierogies" & "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.

That's PA slang.



You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and kn ow others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric.")

You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several
colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.

You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage and Hot Bacon Dressing

You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear & enjoy it. It almost always comes with mustard.

You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA. Except Atlantic City on the boardwalk.

You live for summer, when street & county fairs signal the beginning of funnel ca ke season.

Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast. You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns. (and the first 3 were consecutive stops on the Reading RR)

You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.

You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring states by their unique & irritating driving habits.

A traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County

You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You carry jumper cables in your car & your female passengers know how to use them. You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snowbrush
in your trunk, even if you live in the south.

Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.

Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian
names.

You know beer doesn't grow in a garden but you know where to find a
beer garden.

You also know someone who lives "down the lane"


You actually understand all this & send it on to other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians!
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited December 2006
    Some of that soo freakin true. Especially the drivers bit. MD drivers are the MOST annoying... Left lane vigilante morons...

    Good lord, I've been here too long... I read some of those and go "So? And you're point is...." and forgot how weird it really is...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    Aahh, youse guys don't even know how to pronounce "water"... And don't even start about the drivin'...
  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2006
    You forgot about pittsburgh:mad:

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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited December 2006
    amulford wrote:
    Aahh, youse guys don't even know how to pronounce "water"... And don't even start about the drivin'...

    At least you can make a left turn in PA! ;)
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited December 2006
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    At least you can make a left turn in PA! ;)


    And a right turn that starts with turning the wheel to the left. ;)


    Good list, though. It's funny how everybody picks up on the driving habits of the out of state cars. I would be willing to bet that people find this to be true of their neighboring states everywhere across the US!
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  • spwuinmk67
    spwuinmk67 Posts: 797
    edited December 2006
    Just cause I was just readin one for the jersey shore, I'm gonna post it, same idea though.

    If you know what "watch the tram car please" means and you also know that this occurs in Wildwood not Seaside! (Yeah you ****. I drive a GOLF CART on the boards in Seaside not a **** Tram car you benny ****!!!)

    You've had arguments over pizza quality and you know the location of at least 5 pizza places in your town alone.

    You've been to the popcorn park zoo and seen the 3 legged deer!

    You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.

    You know that the TRD (pronounced Terd) is a great place to get food when you're trashed!

    You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them.

    You have EZPASS and you know that you don't do 15mph through it... that's just too slow!

    Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.

    People at college thought you were so cool to live so close to the Ocean!

    You have empty Wawa coffee cups all over the floor of your car!

    You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.

    You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle while talking on your cell phone, changing the radio station at the same time...

    You know someone who worked at a shoprite, or you worked at one yourself...

    You could drive to Delilah's with your eyes closed...

    You knew that the above mentioned was a strip club...

    You graduated with at least 3 Ashleys...

    Your middle school hangout was the mall.

    You know water is pronounced "wooder"

    Even your school made good Italian subs, and thats what they were SUBS!!!

    You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation, although, you would never be caught dead in one!

    The fire trails in the woods in Bamber were awesome for mudding.

    Subs from wawa and Jersey Mike's were a staple part of your diet

    you didn’t know there were other area codes besides 732, 609, and 908

    You know it can be -10 degrees and 70 degrees in January in the same year.

    You've been to Caffrey's, Jenk's, Bamboo, SawMill, Fo-Ho, or the Thirsty Mallard!

    You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.

    You knew the town the prom mom lived in... and exactly how to get to her house!

    You go to another state and sit at a gas station wondering when the people will come out to pump your gas.

    You are proud to be from central Jersey!!!

    You have season passes to Great Adventure.

    Again... you refuse to call a sub a "hoagie"

    You know that Philly is just as close as New York but New York will always be the "city"... Philly is just a poor excuse for one!

    You know that you should get the hell out of Lakewood before dark.

    You have had a near or close call experience hitting a deer with your car.

    You've had some of the best parties in the woods.

    Other people don’t know what funnel cake and icies are because everyone else calls it fried dough and slush.

    You don't acknowledge that it is tomorrow until either you go to sleep or the sun comes up.

    You've ever driven around aimlessly for hours with your friends saying "So, whatta we doin?" then end up at a diner


    Your memories of places all consist of what you did there once when you were **** up.

    You don't think you have an accent.

    You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the parkway in the summer!

    You don't know that in every other state, people get their licenses when they're 16.

    You count the days down until you can throw on a pair of flip flops and head to the beach!

    You know that seaside at night has some "interesting" people but you go there anyway to make fun of them.

    You know that Ocean and Monmouth county are the only two counties in Jersey that really matter.

    You know that you can speed down LBI and if you get pulled over you won't get a ticket when the cop sees what town you are from.

    Two words... THE CHEG... and you know they have the best wings on Wednesdays!

    You've played mini golf on LBI at some point in your life.

    You know that forked river is pronounced For-ked River and if you hear pronounced wrong you correct the person right away!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited December 2006
    Geez, I knew what all of that Pennsy stuff meant and I'm born and raised in NJ!

    I liked the South Jersey one better.

    For clarification since Bill beat me out there, the South Jersey one was different from Bill's. If I find it, I'll post it.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited December 2006
    Here we go, that was easier that I thought it would be!

    You know you're from South Jersey When...

    You don't "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".

    In your mind you hear "watch out for the tram car please" even in your sleep.

    You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.

    When it snows more than an inch, you call it a blizzard.

    You know someone named Siprasiut Xayapachan.

    You've actually found the Echelon Mall.

    Your uncle is in the mafia.

    You or your friends have Lyme Disease.

    You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.

    You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them.

    You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and claim to have seen him one time while peeing in the woods.

    One time you were driving in the woods and got stuck in sand.

    You have an EZ Pass, but you just hold it up.

    Even though there's a new Wal-Mart in your town, you still go to the Berlin Farmers Market for cheap stuff.

    Your neighborhood demonstrates co-existence of African-Americans and racist rednecks.

    You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.

    Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April ann May.

    You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.

    Honesty, sincerity, and courtesy are things you once saw happen in Ohio.

    You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.

    You think the Olive Garden is a bunch of crap and should not open restaurants in South Jersey.

    You worked at a blueberry farm when you were 13.

    You played soccer from Kindergarten through high school.

    You've counted the number of titty bars on the Black Horse Pike.

    You always went to the Franklin Institute when you were a kid.

    Your middle school hangout was the mall.

    You have an unusable, piece-of-**** boat in your front yard.

    You once skipped school and went to Wildwood.

    You're Italian.

    You know where to get the best bagel.

    You've called someone an "****" to their face at the Philly airport.

    You say "water" weird.

    Even your school made good Italian subs, but you call them hoagies.

    You've almost fallen asleep on the Expressway.

    You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano.

    You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.

    You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.

    You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

    You take day trips to New York City.

    The mafia runs half the businesses in your town.

    You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.

    In the woods behind your house, you can find couches, washing machines, and shoes.

    You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.

    You go to at least one parade at the boardwalk each year.

    You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.

    You know the Atlantic City High School marching band can lay down some phat beats.

    You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.

    You smoke Parliament Lights.

    You go to the local Fire Department barbeque in June.

    Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant and a custard stand with a minature golf course.

    You know what custard is in South Jersey.

    You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M. (with automatic scoring!)

    In high school, you worked at a Friendly's.

    Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.

    One time, a sea gull **** all over your head.

    You once said, "It smells like Philadelphia in here."

    You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different".

    Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.

    You know it can be -10 degrees and 70 degrees in January in the same year.

    There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.

    You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.

    You scoff at tourists in Philadelphia.

    Your town has an online commmunity.

    At least one person brings Big Fizz to a party.

    You go to another state and sit at a gas station wondering when the people will come out to pump your gas.

    You have your own bucket for carmel corn refills.

    You know that no matter how much they put into the Camden waterfront Camden is still Camden.

    You have to mail your relocated friends tastykakes.

    You think North Jersey is a different state and South Jersey deserves its own secession.

    Your high school prom was at the Camden Aquarium or The Mansion in Voorhees.

    You have season passes to Great Adventure.

    You refuse to call Hoagies "subs."

    You know where Olga's Diner is on rt 70.

    You are tired of people not believing you're from jersey because you don't have a New York accent.

    You drive by a farm every time you get in the car.

    You know what "jimmies" are and refuse to call them anything else.

    Eastern Regional High School has a rip list every year!

    Your neighbor is either a painter, a plumber, a builder, or an electrician with a work truck in the driveway.

    You have crossed all 5 bridges into Philly at one point in your life.

    You take day trips to philly to walk on South Street.

    You have had a near or close call experiences hitting a deer with your car.

    You run around in the nearest patch of woods and play paint ball with your buddies.

    You've considered renaming "the Garden State" to "the Hoagie State"

    You have a story about the "Hell Hole" ride in Wildwood.

    You remember the ducks in the middle of Cherry Hill Mall.

    You call the Berlin Farmer's Market the Berlin Auction or the Auction.

    You took your report card to Clementon Park for free tickets.

    You've had some of the best parties in a field.

    Other people dont know what funnel cake and water ice is because everyone else calls it fried dough and slush.

    You went "diner hopping" till the sun came up.

    You don't acknoledge that it is tomorrow until either you go to sleep or the sun comes up.

    You know where to buy a katana for less than $50.

    You go on dates to diners and arcades.

    You have empty Wawa half gallon iced tea bottles all over your car and room.

    You've ever driven around aimlessly for hours with your friends saying "So, whatta we doin?"

    You've ever said the phrase "look at fricken MacGyver over here!"

    You know the difference betwine the train and the speedline.

    The term "I think of you as a brother" turns into a whole family tree.

    You ever drove all the way to the shore just to walk around for 5 minutes then drive back.

    Your memories of places all consist of what you did there once when you were **** up.

    You ever went over someone's house to hang out with their mom.

    You have a knife collection, a PS2, a cell phone, a pager, and a computer but you can't afford to get your car fixed.

    One of your hangouts is a parking lot.

    You say "'lanic city", instead of Atlantic City.

    You can't get that sand out of your toes no matter how long it's been there.

    You haven't been able to find a decent stromboli since moving out of South Jersey.

    You've seen a shack with a satellite dish.

    You know that a Jug Handle is both a feature of the highway and a bar that looks like someone's house in Maple Shade.

    You know of at least 3 bars where you know they won't card you.

    You lived near a "crick" not a creek.

    You don't recognize any one at your family reunion.

    You say "gimme" instead of give me, or "com' mer" instead of come here.

    You know a Chrissy and we all know she's gotten around!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited December 2006
    needed extra space 'cause South Jersey is waaaaaay cooler than Pennsyltucky!


    You think we should sell north "Joisey" to New York for $24.

    Everyone eventually starred at the Latin Casino.

    You never could figure out which was the Black Horse Pike or The White Horse Pike.

    You're a female and have beaten the crap out of at least one guy who wasn't your brother.

    You ever taken your parents car while they were asleep or away, before you were old enough to drive.

    You ever cut your foot on a broken bottle in a local stream.

    You have gotten bad poison ivy from hiding in a bush to make weird noises at the people passing by.

    There is a dead body somewhere in or near the stream by your house.

    You have to drive at least 30-60 minutes to get to work in order to make more than $10 an hour.

    You know what "pulling a camper" means and do it publicly when it is necessary.

    You know that a "Yield" sign is merely a suggestion.

    You've considered going to your high school late at night to check for ghosts in the halls rumoured haunted.

    You think pit bulls are harmless.

    You don't think you have an accent.

    Half your high school went to Camden County College.

    You know what the song "V-town" is about.

    Your front yard is made out of stones.

    Everything is "twenty minutes away". If you ask how long it takes to get any place in South Jersey, the person always says, "about twenty minutes". To get to a mall, "Oh, about 20 minutes". To get to the airport, "Mmm, about 20 minutes." To get from Runnemede to Philly, "Only about 20 minutes". Try it. Only the shore areas take more than "twenty minutes". They're usually "an hour and twenty minutes."

    Thrift shopping with friends is an event.

    You've intentionally stood in front of the tram car, and you're upset that it no longer stutters.

    You remember the old Morey's Pier before the fire.

    Your parents gave in and bought you a hermit crab when you were down the shore.

    You curse off three drivers in two minutes.

    You went to StoryBook Land as a kid.

    You haven't moved out of state soley for the reason you know the food is that bad everywhere else.

    WHIPOORWILL!! WHIPOORWILL!!

    You know the one-day sale at JC Penny's really lasts three.

    You live in a "dry town" and every road out of it has a liquor store at the town border.

    Every time someone in Hollywood makes fun of Jersey, you're mad and proud at the same time.

    Your big elementary school trip was to Springdale Farms.

    You know what the conductor is going to say for every stop on the PATCO HighSpeedline.

    Your neighborhood has a name that ties people together, as in "the kids"

    Your shoes have turned black from being in Pennsauken.

    You know at least 5 people who work at a prison.

    You say "porta reeko" instead of puerto rico, as it should be pronounced.

    You go to college and describe where you live in reference to how far you are from Cherry Hill.

    You come home from college for christmas break and 75% of your HS graduating class is at the same diner you are at 3am.

    You aren't scared of the speed line.

    You don't even care when you leave your door unlocked.

    More than one of your friends has spent more than a week at your house.

    You've lived in a row home.

    Making left turns just doesn't feel right anymore.

    You have a super secret place to sled that in better than anywhere else in town!

    You remember The Garden State Race Track and the day it burnt to the ground and all the tons of ashes that fell for miles.

    You can spend the day at the Berlin Auction shopping at the outside flea market.

    "Jeet?" makes sense when you hear it.

    The only thing you can play on guitar is "Stairway to Heaven"

    You were amazed Moorsetown was on MTV Cribs.

    A member of your family does not have all of their teeth.

    You know Voorhees used to be known as Kirkwood.

    You had a birthday party at Xhilarama.

    You've been to 2 or more festivals named after some kind of fruit (strawberry, apple, blueberry, lima bean).

    You're astounded when a friend that moves tells you theres not a Wawa nor CVS withen a 10 mile radius of them.

    Going to New York is a huge trip but Philly is someplace to go when you're bored.

    You think Amish people are amazing.

    Your whole school knows when each water ice place opens, and the line goes on forever!

    You would drop everything you were doing and run to the voting polls right now if you heard we were voting to make North and South Jersey separate states.

    Summer is a process, not a season.

    You've ever been to Wheaton Village.

    You know which places were built on indian burial grounds.

    You've slept behind a Wawa.

    You remember Caldor.

    You've had a dinner with your friends for less than $3.

    You don't know that in every other state, people get their liscenses when they're 16.

    Everyone you know has had Confirmation but never goes to church.

    After seeing a movie at the Ritz, you hang out at Tunes and then play Scrabble at Coffeeworks.

    You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the expressway.

    You think a mountain is any landform taller than your house.

    You know what a "shoe-bie" is and can pick one out at the beach.

    You go to Delaware to buy smokes.

    You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.

    You can smell and know when it's low tide.

    You remember the bad gypsy moth years.

    You eat at restaurants that have locations I, II, III, IV, and V.

    You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.

    You get three 50's in a row when you play skeeball.

    Donald Trump is mentioned at least daily in your local paper.

    You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from south Jersey.



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    They have a bunch of states, go and find yours.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited December 2006
    THanks John, I fit a ton of them... The Durango and Denver ones I identify most with, th Boulder one is freakin' hilarious...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    Some of that soo freakin true. Especially the drivers bit. MD drivers are the MOST annoying... Left lane vigilante morons...

    Good lord, I've been here too long... I read some of those and go "So? And you're point is...." and forgot how weird it really is...


    Delawarians . . . camp out in the left lane and try to keep traffic at the posted speed limit!!!
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    tommyboy wrote:
    You forgot about pittsburgh:mad:

    We like to take gumbands and pop and head down er to and do somethin n' at

    I've spent a lot of time in Pittsburgh. I did work at McKeesport hospital and Beaver Falls Hosp and Sacred Heart for quite a few years plus I have relatives in Clairton and I can attest to the fact that yous guys talk real funny compared to da rest o us.
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    amulford wrote:
    Aahh, youse guys don't even know how to pronounce "water"... And don't even start about the drivin'...

    Jersey boys are just a bad imitation of PA guys!!!
  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited December 2006
    A couple things from my fellow Pennsylvanians:

    DuBois is pronounced Dew boys, no Do bwah

    Versailles is prounounced ver sales, not ver sigh

    There is a city named Jersey Shore in PA

    Very cool stuff! Yinz come on dahn to da Sauth Side!:D

    It's a 'Burgh thang!
    Carl

  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    You Hijack The pa Thread Because You're Too Dumb To Start Your Own!!!! :D
  • spwuinmk67
    spwuinmk67 Posts: 797
    edited December 2006
    You Hijack The pa Thread Because Your Too Dumb To Start Your Own!!!! :D
    no, were just too cool for our own :)
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited December 2006
    True Story (I was there):

    NY kid- "Where's the ball?"
    Philly kid- "Over by the spicket".
    NY kid- Turns to look, but seems confused. "Where?"
    Philly kid- "Over there, by the spicket!"
    NY kid- Looks again, but still confused. "What the f is a spicket?"
    Philly kid- Equally confused. "The thing that you hook the hose up to".
  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2006
    schwarcw wrote:
    A couple things from my fellow Pennsylvanians:

    DuBois is pronounced Dew boys, no Do bwah

    Versailles is prounounced ver sales, not ver sigh

    There is a city named Jersey Shore in PA

    Very cool stuff! Yinz come on dahn to da Sauth Side!:D

    It's a 'Burgh thang!

    Carl, you missed my pittsburgh quote:( , I guess everyone did

    Edit: except for you hearing, I guess you are the only person who knows what the hell I'm saying:D
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited December 2006
    I want to thank the OP for reviving my childhood spent in Berks County, PA.

    You'll be receiving the bill for my therapy...
  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2006
    My dad is from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area so I feel comfortable saying...Youz east coast boyz iz weird!;)
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  • bert26
    bert26 Posts: 320
    edited December 2006
    Yinz guys in Picksburgh ever go dahn to da souside to pound an Irn at Mario's or Blue Lou's? I'm not gettin nebby or notin, jus checkin'!

    D'you see dem old Polish women in der babushka's? They was ouhtside Permanti's when we went dahn to da Strip.

    How bout dem Stillers dis year? COHWER POHWER! YOI!

    And it's Car Neigh Gie - not Carnegie. The museum is in Oakland, not dahntahn.

    Edie Tarbox - she's beautiful.

    And Stanley P. Kachowski is a local hero.

    And GO BUCKS got nuttin to do wit NUTS.

    Cheers!
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2006
    bert26 wrote:
    Yinz guys in Picksburgh ever go dahn to da souside to pound an Irn at Mario's or Blue Lou's? I'm not gettin nebby or notin, jus checkin'!

    I hate Iron City, It is officially the worst beer I have ever tasted. If you ever come to pittsburgh, thank me for telling you in advance . I'm sure Carl likes it though... ;) maybe its supposed to taste better the older you get.:D
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  • bert26
    bert26 Posts: 320
    edited December 2006
    The only beer I've had that was worse than Iron City, was Iron City Light. I'd much rather drink Old German!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2006
    Schlitz...
    or Sterling.

    Take your pick.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
  • Jim Shearer
    Jim Shearer Posts: 369
    edited December 2006
    We spent 8.5 yrs in Bensalem, just outside Philly. Couldn't wait to get out of there & back to upstate NY, away from the traffic, pollution, LIGHT pollution, etc.

    HOWEVER, I really do miss being able to watch the Mummers parade on New Year's Day.

    Cheers, Jim
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited December 2006
    Bert, Tommy, Yinz guys kill me!!!

    Bert, you sound like a native burger!?!?!? Where do you come from being able to quote Paulson and Krenn??
    Yinz guys in Picksburgh ever go dahn to da souside to pound an Irn at Mario's or Blue Lou's? I'm not gettin nebby or notin, jus checkin'!

    D'you see dem old Polish women in der babushka's? They was ouhtside Permanti's when we went dahn to da Strip.

    How bout dem Stillers dis year? COHWER POHWER! YOI!

    And it's Car Neigh Gie - not Carnegie. The museum is in Oakland, not dahntahn.

    Edie Tarbox - she's beautiful.

    And Stanley P. Kachowski is a local hero.

    And GO BUCKS got nuttin to do wit NUTS.

    And if you remember Edie Tarbox, she was beautiful!!!

    BTW, a lot of Sam Adams was brewed in the Iron City Brewery under contract from Sam Adams Inc. for many years. I used to love when folks in a bar use to say "Iron City blahhh!" I'd take their bottle of Sam, and show them the label fine print "Brewed by Pittsburgh Brewing Co. under license":eek:
    Carl

  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2006
    From a friend there:

    Yinz better watch aht

    Yinz better watch aht,
    Yinz better not cry,
    Yinz better not paht,
    I'm tellin' yinz hahscome:
    Santa Claus is comin' dahntahn.

    He's makin' a list,
    He's checkin' it aht,
    He's gonna find aht who's nebby an' 'at:
    Santa Claus is comin' dahntahn.

    He knows if yinz's a jagoff,
    He can see inside your hahss,
    He knows if you've been workin' hard
    Or sittin' on your cahch.

    Yinz better watch aht,
    Yinz better not cry,
    Yinz better not paht,
    I'm tellin yinz hahscome:
    Santa Claus is comin' dahntahn.
  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited December 2006
    ROTFLMAO! That's funny!

    There is anotherr one of those regional words: JAGOFF!

    My wife is from Boston, and the first time I said something like "You jagoff!" during a road rage encounter. She said "WTF is a jagoff?"
    Carl

  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2006
    schwarcw wrote:
    ROTFLMAO! That's funny!

    There is anotherr one of those regional words: JAGOFF!

    Jagoff is a pittsburgh word?!:o
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited December 2006
    Jersey boys are just a bad imitation of PA guys!!!

    :D By the way Jersey boys, PA is home to the hogie (first made in marcus hook) which should NEVER be called a sub. And that WAWA you guys love so much, thats ours too. Oh ya, .............we have better strip clubs. Topless and beers at the same bar.:D
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