Philly Slang (Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre, Conshohocken: neighborhood, wedding, living)

[orrmobl]

Look up "Philadelphia accent" and you will find the words/pronounciations that distinguish Philly from New York and Boston

Go Iggles!

[loose cannon]

Originally Posted by WVUPharm2007

Colloquialisms and regional dialects make the world interesting. I'm an Appalachian. I'll call a bag a "poke", a knitted cap a "toboggan", and a shopping cart a "buggie" until the day I die. I am who I am and pretentiousness isn't my thing.

Yes but the Philly accent is annoying. I love the Southern accents. I say y'awl, search me, I reckon ect. I like Philadelphia but Im not down with the attitude. I speak slowly and succinctly. This is why as much as I like Philadelphia I will never live there. Im currently stuck in the Lehigh Valley but greener pasteurs call me!

[Mrs.Bewitched]

well, Tacony is pronounced as TAC ony, and not Tcony...though I have been told that pronouncing it as Tcony is the proper way but growing up in that area, I say Tacony.

[BabyBluEyes1122]

Oh this one is kind of fun. I can tell you a few. "yous guys" is big for us instead of your saying "ya'll", my family says the word "won" as in the past tense of "win", like won ton soup. I get ragged on a lot for the way I say "phone, home, coke, boat" things like that. It's a hoagie, not a sub. Wawa is heaven. It's a crick instead of a creek. Pavement instead of sidewalk, It's Philly, not Philadelphia, It's Jersey, not New Jersey, is PA -- like the letters, not Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog that predicts how long till spring, the first day of buck and doe season are a really big deal, Water Ice is pronounced Wooder ice -- it's Italian Ice, We have beer stores, and liquor stores. They are seperate and individual stores, sticky-buns are pieces of rolled up dough with cinnamon and a sweet icing, it's a pocketbook not a purse, pierogies are yummy potato filled things of dough and make a great side dish to a Philly Cheesesteak!!!! Cheesesteak is chopped steak with melted cheese mushrooms, onions, and sauce (sawce) =] Funnel cake is a big deal because it means fairs and carnivals, dippy eggs mean either sunny side up or over easy, girls here pump their own gas, own and use jumper cables, and can change their own oil, "Djeetyet?" means (Didyoueatyet?), Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela are cities that we all can pronounce. Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Bird-In-Hand, Climax -- these are all towns that really do exist and we laugh at their names, Not uncommon to hear a 2nd grader use the "F" word, we eat cold pizza for breakfast, don't order scrapple unless you know what it is, listen close when someone says "my dogs", because they might mean the animal that you walk on a leash, or they may be referring to their friends, also known as their peeps... ok thats all I can think of! Hope this helped!!

[Mar0]

I moved to Hawaii from the Philly burbs recently and people laugh at me all the time. I really don't have a thick accent (being from the burbs and all...) but I said hoagie the other day and my friends had NO idea what i was saying. Then I said that I was going to make pierogies and bring kielbasa to a party and they were REALLY confused. I LOVE philly and philly accents and the differences between dialects really makes an impression now that I am so engrossed in Hawaiian pidgin....if only I could bring back a cheesesteak and scrapple on my next trip home!

[Ohiogirl81]

By the time you got a cheesesteak to Hawaii, the roll will have disintegrated from all the grease. Ewwww.

Cursed at for saying "sub" instead of "hoagie"? Wow. The natives here have odd ways of welcoming newcomers to Philadelphia ...

I like to say "pop" out loud at work, and as often as possible. I announce that I'm off to the pop machine, and would anyone like any pop? Boy, could I use some pop ... I'm falling asleep. Etc.

[Randers]

i've also been sharply corrected for saying "sub" instead of "hoagie"

[WVUPharm2007]

Originally Posted by BabyBluEyes1122

"Djeetyet?"

Jeetjet is a Pittsburgh thing. Yinzer speech doesn't even qualify as English in some circles.

[Mr. Opinion]

Jawn- ex. Yo that Jawn was tight!

Yo- ex. Yo Adrianne

Air re ah(Area) - ex. I'm from the Philly Air re ah

Darrrrw- ex. Can you close the Darrrw(Door)


I used to be embarrassed about my accent.

Not now I'm proud to be from Philly.

[phillyzoo]

Originally Posted by Mr. Opinion

Jawn- ex. Yo that Jawn was tight!

Yo- ex. Yo Adrianne

Air re ah(Area) - ex. I'm from the Philly Air re ah

Darrrrw- ex. Can you close the Darrrw(Door)


I used to be embarrassed about my accent.

Not now I'm proud to be from Philly.

Just to calrify- Jawn is often used when describing a female. It can also be used to identify anything else. "did you hook up the jawn?" "that jawn is heavy." etc...

This slang is commonly used by the ol' heads and yun' bols. Ol' heads are generally identified as older men or sometimes younger guys with old souls, or just out of a sign of respect for a younger guy. yun' bols are just young males- usually African American in bosth cases.