Conversation started today Evette Lynn Brown 1:16am Evette Lynn Brown Scott Ziegler TALKING PENNSYLVANIAN For those who think we Pennsylvanians talk funny or use big words... Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian! About Pennsylvanians: Youve never referred to Philadelphia as anything but ‘Philly’ and New Jersey has always been Jersey . We dont go to the beach -- we go ‘down the shore. You refer to Pennsylvania as PA (pronounced Pee-Ay). How many other states do that?? You guys (or even youze guys, in some places) is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men and women. You know how to respond to the question ‘Djeetyet? (Did you eat yet?) You know that the Iggles play football and so do the Stillers. You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre , Schuylkill , the Poconos, Tamaqua, Kutztown, Tunkahannock, Bala Cynwyd, Kishacoquillas, Duquesne and Monongahela, also Conshohocken. And we know Lancaster is pronounced Lank-ister, not Lan-kaster. You know what a ‘Mummer’ is, and are disappointed if you cant catch at least highlights of the parade. At least five people on your block have electric candles in all or most of their windows all year long. You know what a State Store is, and your out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you can’t purchase liquor at the mini-mart. Words like hoagie, crick, chipped ham, dippy eggs, sticky buns, shoo-fly pie, lemon sponge pie, pierogies and pocketbook actually mean something to you. (By the way, that last ones PA slang for a purse!) You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors. You know the difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and you know that you also cant get a really good one anywhere outside of the Philly area. (Except maybe in Atlantic City on the boardwalk.) You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Mars, Bethlehem, Hershey, Indiana, Sinking Spring, Jersey Shore, State College, Washington Crossing, Jim Thorpe, King of Prussia, Wind Gap, and Slippery Rock are all PA towns ... and the first three were consecutive stops on the old Reading RR! (PS - That’s pronounced Redd-ing.) You can identify drivers from New York , New Jersey , Maryland or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits. A traffic jam in Lancaster County is 10 cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway. (And remember ... that’s Lank-ister!) You know several people who have hit deer more than once. 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.. You know beer doesnt grow in a garden, but you know where to find a beer garden. You actually understand all this and send it out to other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians. Its scary, isnt it! YEAH! THATS GOOD OL ‘PA’ AND WE LOVE IT!
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:25:41 +0000
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