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> yinz So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised.

• dikaiosune 11y ago
  Isn't it in the rust belt?
  • carols10cents 11y ago
    Indeed it is!
  • solipsism 11y ago
    That's... the joke...
• carols10cents 11y ago
  > So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised. Guilty as charged :)
  • untothebreach 11y ago
    holy cow...just went looking for the origins of "yinz" and found out about "western pennsylvania english." My wife does the "needs/likes/wants + past participle" thing listed in the wikipedia article[1], and I never knew it was commonplace in some parts of the U.S. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English
    • steveklabnik 11y ago
      Wikipedia says only outsiders say "Pittsburghese", but I've only ever heard it, and never "Western Pennsylvania English." See also http://www.pittsburghese.com/ http://www.pittsburghese.com/
    • bwanab 11y ago
      Hmmm... It is a common usage in Appalachian East Tennessee also. I suspect it's more generically Appalachian than just Pennsylvania.