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Leith

(7,808 posts)

9. I Am Married to a Pittsburgher

Reply to femmocrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 07:09 PM

Dec 2015

Poor guy - he still can't tell the difference between "cot" and "caught." My Michigan ears still have trouble with his accent sometimes.

We got a good chuckle over "neckstore."

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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