...If: You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey." You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay).How many other states do that? You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" ( A Ground Hog ) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow. The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays. You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye. You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila." At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long. You know what a "Hex sign" is. 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. You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup". Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you. You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".) You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold. You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing. You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it. You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti's, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA. You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season. Customers ask the waitress for "drippy eggs" for breakfast. You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns. You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is. You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio,or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits. A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County. You know several people who have hit deer more than once. You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them. You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south. 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. Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names. "You guys" and "ynz" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women. You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?) You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela. You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade. State Flag/State Statue
Thats great! I lived in PA, yes pronounced peeay, for 8 years and can relate to many of those references. The one I laughed at the most was the snow filled pot holes. PA roads have to be some of the worst in the country. I lived a little ways up on a mountain and during one winter, on the road you had to take to get to my house, one section of it literally disintergrated by the end of the season. I'm talking going from paved asphalt, start of winter, to nothing but gravel by spring time.
Don't forget: Pennsylvanians don't wash clothes, they warsh them. When invited over to dinner it's "When yuns coming over for dinner?"
Scott, I was going to bitch you out for picking on us from Pa(peeaaay to you:laughbut after I read them it looks to all be true!Does this mean I'm a redneck then?:laugh: I have a hard time finding one that i can disagree with.By the way where did you find the cartoon picture of me?Look at my avatar as to what I do for a living. Pat:TU:
How yinz all doin' n'at? Don't forget about Hooker, Wampum, Wilmerding, Experiment, Eighty Four, Lickingville, Middlesex, Jim Thorpe...the list could go on forever.
Pat - You probably know better than anyone then, why everyone thinks the PA state flag looks like that cartoon.:laugh: :laugh: Hey...I'm only 15 minutes north of the border on I-81. Been thru PA so many times....I think I know that stretch better than I do Binghamton to Watertown!!ou: My brother lives down in Chambersburg now...I'll have to forward this to him too.:grin: Had ALOT of college buddies from PA too....quite familiar with ''you'uns", or however that goes.:grin: All in good fun!!:TU:
And for all of youns not familiar with PA lanquage, If someone calls you a "Jaggoff", its not a very nice thing to say.
Scott, Hey, have you been here before? Got to tell you that we don't say "ynz" in Philly, but it is common in the rest of the state. In central PA they "warsh" their clothes, but "wash" their cars. I wonder if you know why PA is so windy? Ask Brad, he knows. Duane
Only made it to Philly once....almost twice - thanks to some less than stellar directions from a local cop (at a donut shop, no less). :grin: :grin: Wish I had more time to look around....I was just passing thru, on the way to Cherry Hill, NJ. Would help if I knew someone down there.
"Djeetyet?" ...................Djew? Time to Pump an Iron, Have a Duke, Fort Pitt time, have a Rock. :beer .
AWWWWWW-right when i was enjoyin another fabulously warm winter, you go and make me all homesick!!! grew in pgh, spend some time in clarion each year at a cousins farm. (usually summer) when i am in the ocuntry at his place on a warm summer day, i wonder why i ever left. then i see the item about the potholes being better filled with snow and it all comes rushing back like a bad dream!! seriously though, some of the prettiest country and nicest people to be found anywhere.
