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Old 10-02-2012, 11:44 AM
 
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I never used it. Many years ago, I worked with a girl who had a very strong Pittsburgheze accent. She could have been Pittsburgh Dad's sister. She's the only person I've ever known who said Picksburgh.

The n'at at the end of sentences... I can remember my Irish grandfather, who was the only one of 10 kids in his family born in the US, using and that at the end of his sentences. He didn't have a strong Irish accent, but my aunt said his brothers and sisters did. Not sure if it was perhaps a regional Irish thing? His family was from County Donegal.
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Old 10-02-2012, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Why do people here call vacuum cleaners "sweepers"? What do they call brooms, then?
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Old 10-02-2012, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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My mother calls a vacuum a "sweeper" and she's never left Cincinnati. A broom is a broom.
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Old 10-02-2012, 01:33 PM
 
Location: Close to Pittsburgh, but NOT Pittsburgh ('cause I don't pay CoP taxes)
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I only say it occasionally... for effect.

The thing is... I can almost understand "Picksburgh," but where the heck does "Rossumberger" come from? Has anyone else heard this as much as I have from multiple sources? To be fair, the majority pronounce the name correctly, but this mispronunciation seems fairly commonplace in my experience.
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:01 PM
 
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Hahahahaha, Rossumberger? That's hilarious! I haven't heard someone say that, but I want to now. How could you get the name so wrong?
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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What is "Rossumberger" supposed to be?
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:03 PM
 
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What is "Rossumberger" supposed to be?

Roethlisberger, the football guy, was my assumption.
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Old 10-02-2012, 03:50 PM
 
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Pittsburghers have their own language. It's not just an accent.
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Old 10-02-2012, 04:00 PM
 
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About half of what's in those Pittsburghese guides is nonsense. One of my pet peeves is seeing "Sliberty". Everyone knows it's "E Sliberty". The E is always pronounced.
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Old 10-02-2012, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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I have rarely heard "pixburgh". I've heard it about as much as "calcalator" and "baffroom", and "libary" and usually from the same speakers. Are that Pittsburghese or just lazy enunciation? Maybe that's what Pittsburghese is, lol!

The Pittsburgh accent is fading as more people travel to universities (or spend time away in some other capacity) farther from the area and interact with those from other regions. Those "other people" experience diminishment in their accents, too.

I've heard people refer to a "Pittsburgh monotone", too...is that more fundamental than an accent, or just part of it? Is there one?
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