fun location meme

[joflasher]

Bold - true for me

You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
You often go down to the "crick".
You have to "red up", before company comes over.
You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
You know that Ahia is a river, a boulevard, and a state.
You've ever "warshed" or "wershed" the laundry.
You know where Beer Falls is. (Beaver Falls)
Mr. Webster is wrong. You know full well that "ain't" is correct English.
You know you can't drive too fast on back roads,cause-udda-deer.
"Gumbands"... need I say more?
You've ever drank an "Arn" .
You've ever told someone to "quit jaggin around". - Don't think I've ever even heard of that one
You know that Clinton, Monaca, and Beaver, are actually names of towns.
You've called someone a 'jaggoff'.
"Hey younz guyz" is your standard greeting, and its politically correct for all sexes.
- insert yinz depending on location
You know the three rivers by name and can pronounce them correctly but refer to them as... da Mon, da Al,and da O. - know them but never shorted them
You hate Cleveland, although you've never been there. - been there, it wasn't that bad
You know where KerNEGgy is, and you like his museum
You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", pierogies, and gyros(jy-rows).
You drink melk.
You know what a still mill is.
You cheer for the Stillers. - Never have, never will
You expect temps in the winter to be record breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
You go 'food shoppin' at 'Jine Iggle'. - not anymore
You don't have a spring break in high school.
The first day of Buck season and the first day of Doe season are school holidays.
You believe that "Ize" is the abbreviaton for "I was.
You know what is meant by "The Point".
One of the highlights of your life was a field trip to Penn's cave and Horseshoe curve. - Been to both but never on a field trip
You know the time and location of every "wing night" in a 20 mile radius
You don't think people from Philly or Pittsburgh talk funny.
You consider an exotic vacation a trip to the Jersey shore. - God, no
You are over 35 yrs. old, have never been outside of Pennsylvania and don't see any need to leave.
You own only three spices "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".
You design your children's Halloween costumes to fit over a snow suit. - no kids but Mom used to do this for us
Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow. - still holds true here in Boston
You find 20 degrees just a little chilly.
You can recite the four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and construction.
Words like "hoagie", "sub", "chipped ham", and "pop" actually mean something to you.
You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
You think very little of an Amish buggy on the road.
You constantly refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay).
You can go 2 weeks in winter without sunshine and think this is normal.
You know that Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns. - Didn't know two of those
There is no such thing as a "Philly Cheesesteak". Its just called a Cheesesteak since everybody knows where they come from.

Comments

Not quite a PA meme

[(Anonymous)]

Many of the items on this list, especially those referring to vocanulary and pronunciation, are specific to the Western Pennsylvania/Eastern Ohio area. Slippy, crick, jagger bush, gumband? Not in Philly! And red up? Not even in Pittsburgh; the verb is redd.

Re: Not quite a PA meme

[flasher.livejournal.com]

Have to disagree. I grew up in central PA and we used all four of those words. Maybe its Philly that doesn't fit with the rest...?

As for red vs. redd, I've never seen it spelled out before, I've only ever heard it. Your guess is as good as mine.

Of course, the noun is "vocabulary".

Re: Not quite a PA meme

[msde.livejournal.com]

red, redd, it's the same word. It's not like there's an official spelling of it.

It's definitely true that Philly doesn't have most of these things. Philly's close enough to NY and NJ that they get enough exposure to folks.

[zyrain.livejournal.com]

almost winter, winter, still winter and construction

lol.

[freeptop.livejournal.com]

This does seem a bit Pittsburgh-centric (I don't really expect people from Philly to have in-depth knowledge of Pgh's Three Rivers, and I'm pretty sure the whole Cleveland-hating thing is specific to the 'Burgh as well), and a couple of them, I have to say, I've never heard used in the entire first 22 years of my life that I spent in Pittsburgh ("The Mon", sure, but I've never heard anyone shorten the other two rivers :P ). Also, it's generally more of a "Jahn Iggle" rather than "Jine Iggle" ;)
At least they threw in one Philly-centric one - Pittsburghers seem to realize there's a difference between a regular cheesesteak sandwich and a "Philly Cheesesteak" anyways.

:)

[blk]

No it isn't, it's Geagle, as in "Jee-gal." :)

[freeptop.livejournal.com]

Actually, the only people I've ever heard say *shudder* "Jee-gal" have been CMU students, or friends thereof. Growing up in Pittsburgh, I always heard people say, "Jahn Iggle" - which is why the video rental portions of the stores at least used to be called "Iggle Video" ;)
"Jee-gal" is not Pittsburghese in the least - it uses the long "e" sound instead of replacing it with a the short "i" sound, as Pittsburghese does (Steel becomes Still, for example).
Trust me, I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, I know what proper Pittsburghese sounds like ;)

Man. Suddenly I have an urge to go ride an incline to get to an Isaly's to go get me some chip-chopped ham n'at. Unfortunately, I'm about 2500 miles to far away to do that, and Isaly's folded a long time ago :(

[blk]

I stand (well, sit) corrected. Although the other version I've heard is "Jiggle," which holds to your short "i" pittsburghese claim, so perhaps I'm not too far off. :)

[talldean.livejournal.com]

Ditto on all of that. Jiggle and Jeagle are CMU bastardizations.

[starherd.livejournal.com]

I'd do the meme, but it would be redundant... ;-)

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

i'm a pennsylvanian, and the only place i've heard most of these is since i've lived in pittsburgh... not anywhere near philly, reading, or lancaster (where, i might add "paradise" and "intercourse" are towns a few miles apart.)

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

also, beware of anything actually labeled "philly cheesesteak" because they don't know what the f*** they are talking about.

stop anywhere on route 1 once you hit city limits... mmmmmmmmmmm