Posted by Val on February 04, 2002 at 17:29:45:
In Reply to: you know you're from Western PA when.... posted by Jenny on October 28, 2001 at 07:14:00:
> 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).
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> You know you're from western PA when...
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> 1. You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
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> 2. You often go down to the "crick".
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> 3. You tell your children to "red up" their rooms.
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> 4. You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
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> 5. Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a "babushka" on her head.
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> 6. You've ever "warshed" the laundry.
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> 7. You firmly believe that George "Warshington" is on the dollar bill.
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> 8. Mr. Webster is wrong. You know full well that "ain't" is an English word.
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> 9. You know you can't drive too fast on back roads,
> because of the deer.
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> 10. "Gumbands"... need I say more?
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> 11. You think Mario Lemieux is a god.
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> 12. When he returned to the Pen's, you or someone you know had a party.
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> 13. You know Beaver Valley, Moon, Mars, Aliquippa, Monaca, Center, New Castle, are actually names of towns.
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> 14. A girl walks up to three of her girl friends...."hey GUYS."
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> 15. You hear you guyses, and don't think twice. (ex. you guises house is nice.")
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 18. You've made an igloo and the neighborhood kids have played in it.
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> 19. You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", love perogies and gyros.
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> 20. "Let me warsh these towels."
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> 21. We don't have Chick-fil-a's or Waffle Houses
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> 22. You know what a "still mill" is.
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> 23. "I live just west of Picksburgh."
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> 24. You go to Ocean City or Virginia Beach for vacation.
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> 25. You expect temps in the winter to be record
> breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
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> 26. You know what Eat 'N Park is and the song that goes with it...Eat N Parks the place...for...SMILES.
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> 27. You've been to Quaker Steak and Lube and LOVED it.
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> 28. Y'ns is a commonly used word.
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> 29. You don't have a spring break in high school.
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> 30. You want to go to Pitt.
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> 31. You spend your summers at Kennywood, SandCastle, or Idlewild
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> 33. You've been to the museum and the Pittsburgh Zoo for school field trips.
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> 34.You've swum in either the river or the fountain at the Point.
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> 35. You know what is meant by "the Point".
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> 36. You know every word to Here We Go. (Here we go, Steelers, here we go, Pittsburgh's going to the super bowl)
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> 37. Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were growing up.
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> 38. You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz.
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> 39. No matter how hard you try you can't stop speaking Pittsburghese.
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> 40. You are reading this......
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> 41. You send this on to family and friends who used to live in the Pittsburgh area!
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This all came back to me in a heartbeat ! I've lived in the south since I left the area 15 years ago.It was hard to change my "accent" . No one down here knew what I was saying half the time.