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Old 09-27-2010, 09:56 AM
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Barbm
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NE PA- we call it soda, couch, water and most people say crick- but I say creek.

Locally people say (and this kills me..) "heyna or no?" after every sentence- it means do you agree with me? For example- These pierogies are the best, heyna or no? And to argue the point- "Yah-ha" or "Nut ah". for yes or no.

Or- the word mine- it is ONE syllable- mine! It is not- mi-un. grrrrrr.

Oh- culm banks (the leftovers of the coal being mined)- they say- column banks. no- another one syllable word- culm.

or- dropping the h at the end of a word that ends in -th. or taking about something in numbers- a couple, two, tree. or "haaacch" instead of h (aaach).

I could go on- we butcher the English language here. I've heard our area being referenced as a "coal mining area" where we talk with marbles in our mouth and are hard to understand.
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