Pittsburghese :) (moving to, car, area)

[preciouspunk]

Ok so now that I know I'm moving to the area tell me all the things I MUST know I'm was born and raised in PA but it was in a small town SE of Pittsburgh so this area itself is brand new to me!!!

[Little Mizz Pittsburgh]

Nobody really speaks it all like that anymore like they used to 30 years ago or more, but go here and go to the glossary of terms. You can learn all about it.

PITTSBURGHESE .com

[Johnny C]

Der ain't nuttin fer yinz ta get all spazed auht over - we don't talk no differnt then nobody else. Don't be igernt!

Hows come jags like yinz always gotta comeon here bein' all nebby N'at?

[Mugatu]

Originally Posted by Little Mizz Pittsburgh

Nobody really speaks it all like that anymore like they used to 30 years ago or more, but go here and go to the glossary of terms. You can learn all about it.

PITTSBURGHESE .com

I hear it all the time. I don't hear "yinz" a great deal, but I hear the Pittsburgh accent everywhere I go. Plus a lot of the words and phrases that define Pittsburghese like gumband, redd up, nebby, jagoff, "jeez oh man!" or saying "put dat right der" instead of "put that right there" are spoken frequently.

It's funny, many native Pittsburghers don't even notice it or realize they have an accent until I point it out to them. I'm sure it's way more noticeable to me because I'm from out of state.

[deathegg88]

Originally Posted by Little Mizz Pittsburgh

Nobody really speaks it all like that anymore like they used to 30 years ago or more, but go here and go to the glossary of terms. You can learn all about it.

PITTSBURGHESE .com

Well, I know lots of people who talk like that, including me!
i've been out here in SoCal for 3 years now, and have met a few people from Pittsburgh; they hear me talking and say "what part of Pittsburgh are you from?" Most Pittsburghers talk at least a little Pittsburghese without even realizing it.

[pic-chic]

The one I hear the most is similar to "that car needs cleaned" instead of "that car needs to be cleaned." "To be" seems to be missing in many speech patterns around here.

[deathegg88]

Originally Posted by pic-chic

The one I hear the most is similar to "that car needs cleaned" instead of "that car needs to be cleaned." "To be" seems to be missing in many speech patterns around here.

Don't you mean "the car needs worshed" ?

[hinsey86]

I just moved here a little over two years ago. When I was working on the Southside I heard it all the time. There were a few people I even had difficulty understanding because it was so strong. My inlaws also have the Pittsburgh dialect but it does not dominate their speech like some.

[Little Mizz Pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by deathegg88

Well, I know lots of people who talk like that, including me!
i've been out here in SoCal for 3 years now, and have met a few people from Pittsburgh; they hear me talking and say "what part of Pittsburgh are you from?" Most Pittsburghers talk at least a little Pittsburghese without even realizing it.

Well maybe since I'm a Pittsburgher, I don't notice it, but folks from out of town do. But if you look at the glossary of terms, that I posted in my original post up above, I don't hear all of that. I'll hear a yinz, a dahn-tahn, a STILLER, and a few more, but nowhere near what that glossary of terms is defining.

[Katiana]

I've heard most of them. Some are not exclusive to Pittsburgh, however. "Monkey Wards", for example, is universal.