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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
by 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 agoWikipedia 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 agoHmmm... It is a common usage in Appalachian East Tennessee also. I suspect it's more generically Appalachian than just Pennsylvania.