Culture of Western Pennsylvania. (Atlantic: company, work, limit)

[Ohiogirl81]

Let's just clarify that what the OP is talking about is the culture of southwestern Pennsylvania, not western Pennsylvania as a whole. Northwestern Pennsylvania is not the same, culture or otherwise, except for a misguided penchant to root for the Steelers.

Originally Posted by wharton

I have NEVER hear a single person say "warsh" or call soda "pop" unless they were/are a resident of the Pittsburgh region. Sorry, but "yinzer speak" stays in southwest PA, and has not spread all over the mid-Atlantic.

Northwestern Pennsylvania is solidly "pop", like much of the Midwest. If you think "pop" is "yinzer speak", you need to get out more.

My relatives in Allegheny County say "pop"; my relatives in Somerset County say "soda".

[medievalbooks]

I used to live in the Mid -West and speak to "pop" being used there...course in the 50's "phosphates" was also used! So sometimes I say 'pop", sometimes "soda pop"!

Also a few other terms that I didn't know were Pennsylvanian til I moved here such as "you'uns"

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Let's just clarify that what the OP is talking about is the culture of southwestern Pennsylvania, not western Pennsylvania as a whole. Northwestern Pennsylvania is not the same, culture or otherwise, except for a misguided penchant to root for the Steelers.


Northwestern Pennsylvania is solidly "pop", like much of the Midwest. If you think "pop" is "yinzer speak", you need to get out more.

My relatives in Allegheny County say "pop"; my relatives in Somerset County say "soda".

He just wanted to use yinzer as an insult, that's all.

[Flamingo13]

Originally Posted by medievalbooks

I used to live in the Mid -West and speak to "pop" being used there...course in the 50's "phosphates" was also used! So sometimes I say 'pop", sometimes "soda pop"!

Also a few other terms that I didn't know were Pennsylvanian til I moved here such as "you'uns"

It is properly pronounced Yins (although some say "youns" )

[loose cannon]

They hunt, they drink Lonestar, and they watch the Steelers.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by loose cannon

They hunt, they drink Lonestar, and they watch the Steelers.

Lonestar?

[Flamingo13]

I don't know anyone who drinks Lone Star

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

I don't know anyone who drinks Lone Star

I do. But none in Pennsylvania. Then again, there might be someone. After all, Rolling Rock is considered a gourmet craft beer by some people in Maryland.

[Flamingo13]

The folks I know from the area drink: Blue Moon, Rolling Rock and Yuengling (if they are beer drinkers)

[speagles84]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

The folks I know from the area drink: Blue Moon, Rolling Rock and Yuengling (if they are beer drinkers)

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