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Originally posted by SigTauJake:
HeidiHo...
Pop, what else would you call it? Actually, even though I am from outside of Pittsburgh, I say soda, because I lived in Ocean City, MD for a summer and I got so harassed for saying pop that I started to say soda.
Here are some more. I say "younz" which is just terrible English, but I think it sounds so much better than "you guys" My little often says "yous guys" which just sounds so hickish, I can't help but laugh at him.
Another Pittsburgh word, and the lingo and accent of Pittsburgh are actually called Pittsburghese, is slippy. Most people say it is slippery, but we all say "slippy". We have tons of words that no one else says, and we destroy all words in the English language when we say them, but like everyone else we don't think we have an accent.
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Hey Jake! Younze guys goin dahntahn to watch the Stillers game?
More examples of Pittsburgeese include "gumband" instead of rubber band and "worsh" as in "I have to worsh the clothes"
I, too, have been weaned from saying "pop", mostly because of the abuse I've had to endure when trying to order pop when I lived in NYC. It feels good, though, to order pop when I'm back in Pittsburgh visiting my folks and the waitress knows what I'm talking about. Kinda like being in a secret club or something! haha
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