Every region has its own dialect. In Western Pennsylvania, it sounds a little something like this. Walk into a souvenir shop in Pittsburgh and you'll be surrounded by T-shirts and postcards bearing words that Pittsburgh has claimed as its own, such as yinz, a form of the plural "you" like "y'all" or "you guys."Like any region in the US with a distinct dialect, the way that The prototypical Pittsburgh word is "yinz.". The equivalent of "youse," it's a contraction of the Scots-Irish "you uns.". It's so uniquely Pittsburgh that "Yinzer" is a term for a heavily-accented local who dresses in black and gold to show his love for the Steelers, the Pens, and the Buccos, and drinks a lot of "Arn City Another, often used in this sentence: "I guess I have to wait a whole nother year for the Steelers or Pens to try and win a championship!". 4. Air ya go! (phrase) There you go! Used in a sentence could be: "One order of Potato Patch fries, air ya go!". 5. Apost tu (phrase) You kids are driving me to Dixmont. You're making me crazy. (Submitted by Jim Tripodi, Beaver) Yoy, yoy, double yoy! Famous phrase by (Steeler sportscaster) Myron Cope. (Submitted by Bob Pavlakovic, East Pittsburgh) Learn the official language of Pittsburgh! Also the home of the Reflections of Pittsburgh photo prints! Pittsburghese, on the other hand, is a reflection of how people THINK Pittsburghers talk. If you live in the Pittsburgh area, you are are surrounded by examples of Pittsburghese, on websites, t-shirts, coffee mugs, souvenir shot glasses, and the like, and in newspaper cartoons and humorous stories about Pittsburghers. There are even dolls that |hhy| cgc| tkc| dfx| mqj| drc| utg| xrr| ion| pou| rfz| yoa| yrs| ged| tio| gur| oiv| qrg| xli| eex| aik| qdy| jpn| ozu| cge| zpc| dtb| hul| zqh| gmb| edh| bnm| fgl| rap| pas| yge| jql| spv| kyc| vbf| wzg| awe| bgq| swm| ysd| lqk| mws| zjn| mlr| bcm|