Posted by Tina on January 03, 2002 at 08:02:14:
In Reply to: Re: you know you're from Western PA when.... posted by Tina on January 03, 2002 at 08:00:48:
> > I grew up in Kittanning and moved away about 7 years ago. A friend
sent
> me this and I loved it. Now I can show all my new friends and prove to
> them that I really don't talk funny! (I still get made fun of for my
> accent).
> >
> > You know you're from western PA when...
> >
> > 1. You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
> >
> > 2. You often go down to the "crick".
> >
> > 3. You tell your children to "red up" their rooms.
> >
> > 4. You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
> >
> > 5. Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a "babushka" on
her
> head.
> >
> > 6. You've ever "warshed" the laundry.
> >
> > 7. You firmly believe that George "Warshington" is on the dollar bill.
> >
> > 8. Mr. Webster is wrong. You know full well that "ain't" is an
English
> word.
> >
> > 9. You know you can't drive too fast on back roads,
> > because of the deer.
> >
> > 10. "Gumbands"... need I say more?
> >
> > 11. You think Mario Lemieux is a god.
> >
> > 12. When he returned to the Pen's, you or someone you know had a
party.
> >
> > 13. You know Beaver Valley, Moon, Mars, Aliquippa, Monaca, Center, New
> Castle, are actually names of towns.
> >
> > 14. A girl walks up to three of her girl friends...."hey GUYS."
> >
> > 15. You hear you guyses, and don't think twice. (ex. you guises house
is
> nice.")
> >
> > 16. You know the three rivers by name. Yep, sure do. But, the tie
> breaker would be, can a person then spell them? If that still does not
> work, then name, pronounce correctly and spell the name of the main
> tributary into the Monongahela at McKeesport.
> >
> > 17. You remember the blizzard of '50 and remember not being able to go
> outside because the snow was over your head, and you would have
> suffocated.
> >
> > 18. You've made an igloo and the neighborhood kids have played in it.
> >
> > 19. You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", love perogies and gyros.
> >
> > 20. "Let me warsh these towels."
> >
> > 21. We don't have Chick-fil-a's or Waffle Houses
> >
> > 22. You know what a "still mill" is.
> >
> > 23. "I live just west of Picksburgh."
> >
> > 24. You go to Ocean City or Virginia Beach for vacation.
> >
> > 25. You expect temps in the winter to be record
> > breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
> >
> > 26. You know what Eat 'N Park is and the song that goes with it...Eat
N
> Parks the place...for...SMILES.
> >
> > 27. You've been to Quaker Steak and Lube and LOVED it.
> >
> > 28. Y'ns is a commonly used word.
> >
> > 29. You don't have a spring break in high school.
> >
> > 30. You want to go to Pitt.
> >
> > 31. You spend your summers at Kennywood, SandCastle, or Idlewild
> >
> > 33. You've been to the museum and the Pittsburgh Zoo for school field
> trips.
> >
> > 34.You've swum in either the river or the fountain at the Point.
> >
> > 35. You know what is meant by "the Point".
> >
> > 36. You know every word to Here We Go. (Here we go, Steelers, here we
> go, Pittsburgh's going to the super bowl)
> >
> > 37. Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were
growing
> up.
> >
> > 38. You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz.
> >
> > 39. No matter how hard you try you can't stop speaking Pittsburghese.
> >
> > 40. You are reading this......
> >
> > 41. You send this on to family and friends who used to live in the
> Pittsburgh area!
> >