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LiberalEsto

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3. I think it means "on account of"

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:32 AM

Dec 2015

My daughter, son-in-law and baby granddaughter live in Pittsburgh, and I'm just beginning to discover the wonders of the natives' language. Recently learned n'at and yinz.

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A yinzer's Night Before 'Chrismis' (Cute and kind of funny) [View all] femmocrat Dec 2015 OP

Nebby? LiberalEsto Dec 2015 #1

Nebby = nosey! femmocrat Dec 2015 #2

I think it means "on account of" LiberalEsto Dec 2015 #3

You're right! femmocrat Dec 2015 #4

Pittsburgh Dad should recite this. malthaussen Dec 2015 #5

I can just hear him pronouncing some of those phrases! LOL femmocrat Dec 2015 #6

That reminds me of one of our family traditions... malthaussen Dec 2015 #7

A lot of people do that! femmocrat Dec 2015 #8

I Am Married to a Pittsburgher Leith Dec 2015 #9

There's a difference? femmocrat Dec 2015 #10

Similar to the PA Dutch/English we hear in the Lehigh Valley Number9Dream Dec 2015 #11

Really funny - best spoof yet on Pittsburghese Divernan Jan 2016 #12