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(35,324 posts)wnylib
(21,425 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)Yunz!
ex: Yunz shoulda' just waited!
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yunzer
doc03
(35,324 posts)spelling.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)...you uns.
(Man, spellcheck did NOT like either of those. Took me 3 times for each.)
mitch96
(13,890 posts)"yous should have waited"
"yunz should have waited"
"y'all should have waited"
same same..
I always liked.. Jeet yet? no, jon tu? aka.. did you eat yet? No do you want to?
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doc03
(35,324 posts)buddy when I lived in Virginia called it Pennsylvania talk.
Like they speak proper English in VA
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)HOW TO SPEAK PITTSBURGHESE
AHT - The area beyond one's immediate surroundings. "It's so nice ahtside, I'll take a walk through Schenley Park."
DAHNTAHN - That part of Pittsburgh below uptahn: one of the largest corporate centers in the US
FLAHR - A pretty blossom on a plant. "There's many pretty flahrs at Phipps Conservatory."
GUMBANS - Pieces of soft elastic rubber used to keep trouser cuffs from catching in bicycle chains (rubber bands).
JAGGER - A sharp point, especially the thorns on a plant. "Watch, there's jaggers on that vine!"
KELLER - A visual sensation. "I hate that keller, but it's a nice car!"
NEBBY - Inquisitive. "That neighbor lady is really nebby!"
POP - Cherry, orange, or root beer beverages generally carbonated. "I'll have a burger, fries, and a pop."
REDD UP - Clean or tidy an area. "Quick, redd up the house before Mom gets home!"
SAMMITCH - Two pieces of bread with meat or peanut butter and jelly between them. "Mom makes the best sammitches!"
SLIPPY - Slippery. "Watch your step, the sidewahk's slippy today!"
STILLERS - Pittsburgh's 6-time Super Bowl winners. "Here we go, Stillers, here we go!"
WORSH - To wash, or the clothes which have been cleaned. "The worsh froze on the line so I'll have to defrost the shirt."
YUNZ - All of you. "Are all of yunz going to the game?"
HAVE AN AHRN! (Iron City - a local beer!)
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)...window seel/seal.
After several moves, our family settled in Rochester, NY. It always sounded to me like he said Rock-Chester.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)give you a 'clue' - don't they!
Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)I discovered that they were talking about wire pliers.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)My G'ram's family was from Ohio. Family name was Kendall, about 3 generations lived there.
She always said "red up the dishes" but I never could find the source of that.
And "worsh"
What's really interesting is her family moved to Seattle in 1906, when she was still quite young.
Washington state was always pronounced "Worshington".
I never knew why.
Added tid-bit...The Boeing Company, Washington' biggest employer for generations, was always called Boeings, by almost everyone I knew.
Diamond_Dog
(31,969 posts)Worsh is really Western PA talk. Any Ohioan who says that must either have relatives from western PA or moved from there. My mom used to say it, she was born in Monessen.
I have lived in Ohio all my life and my family never said rid up but I knew people with roots in West Virginia who said it.
Re stores, , people around here like to add an S to a store name, like Kmarts or Walmarts
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)From Europe ( German) to New Jersey, few generations later to Ohio,
some family then to Seattle ages later.
It's all quite an interesting journey trying to figure out where various words/expressions came from by the time I showed up....
Diamond_Dog
(31,969 posts)I am ROTFL ....those are so true.... heard em all before!
Do you ever watch Pittsburgh Dad on You Tube?
wnylib
(21,425 posts)in rural areas of Erie County:
Crick - creek
Bob wire - barbed wire
Pop - same as you 'uns call it.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)Leith
(7,808 posts)It's a marvel that 4 words can be abbreviated down to about 1 1/2 syllables.
English is wonderful that way.
wnylib
(21,425 posts)southern Buffalo used to have a "twang" that is almost gone now.
I grew up in Erie, PA and had cousins in Buffalo. The word "hot" sounded like "hat" and "car" was "care."
UTUSN
(70,676 posts)In the '70s at a state university I was all gung ho about getting down to the bare bones of language and took a grammar course, which I thought would make me an authority.
Well, along with other trends of the '70s in the touchy-feely vein, I was told that the Old grammar was OUT, that that was "prescriptive" grammar (rules), and that what this course was about was "DESCRIPTIVE" grammar, defined as "deep structure/meaning".
And other '70s things were that studying "Egypt" was OUT and touchy-feely was IN.
So what do I see on YouTube now - why, it's the amazing civilization of all things ancient, specifically Egypt along with Greece and the amazing Romans.