AndyT Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 What really got her was the trip to the Sahside for wings N'at. Sorry to any of you that haven't heard Pittsburghese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat127 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 you know those little stickers they have for cars now, with things like OBX for the outer banks of NC and other areas? well there is one that says N@ and my niece and i, who both live in the DC area, are desperate for them. there is another that says YNZR or something like that, as in yinz-er since yinz, a contraction apparently of you ones (??) is a big pittsburgh-ese word. that's good, but we love the N@ one the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I haven't seen the them, but will be looking for them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welthy Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Oooh Cat! I think Yinz might correlate to the Chicago term Youse, as in Youse guys. Hahaha! I don't get the N@ thing though. Explain someone? (My brother is in DC this week, so should I have him look for one of those stickers?) Welthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat127 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Oh yes, yinz is a lot like youse. Sadly, youse sounds better than yinz. The N@ thing refers to another Pittsburghese word, which is I guess a contraction of And That, so it sounds like anat. Or N and the at symbol. It is often said at the end of a sentence - "Yinz want to go out, we can get some hoagies and pop, anat". And again I have to say, LOVE MY HOMETOWN. I kid because I love. I think there is only one guy selling the N@ symbols and he is in Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh. I intend to go looking when I'm home for Kelly's surgery. Then I can promise at least two more of them will be driving around the DC area! Hope your brother is enjoying DC, great week to be here given how beautiful out it has been. I've gone running most days just because I knew I had to spend some time enjoying the lovely weather before it goes away again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 They say "pop" in Pittsburgh... I am from the same state but Philly and we say soda... POP?? Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welthy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Ha! Maryanne -- only a few hours makes a world of difference. If you head 2 hours south of Chicago, it's a whole different rural speak. We use the word "pop", but sometimes say "Soda Pop". Maybe because Tony was from outside Philly, we adopted some of his speak. Ooooh -- cross breeding languages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 For some "stinkin'" reason, it says I'm from the South.... Dadgummit... it's probably because of the time I admitted to eatin' possum ~(without the "o" in front), and gator meat.... That was fun, thanks. (I still like to hear Harry and Nyka say "sneakers", instead of tennis shoes! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat127 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 oh yes, pop vs soda is a big PA war. when i was in college, there was always at least one round of editorial in the school paper, the east versus the west. and soda vs pop was always a big part of it. we say pop n'at in da burgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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