You Know You're From Pennsylvania When...

[redscarfboy]

(I found this meme thanks to tsarjames , but I only copied and pasted those that more or less applied to me and/or my family. Still quite a few though.)

You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey." You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA."

"You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men

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[venaja]

I had never heard "go with" in my life until I met two people from Illinois last year.

Isn't "you guys" pretty common?

What is a state store? Is that like one of the liquor stores in Sweden?

[redscarfboy]

I didn't grow up saying it, but somewhere along the line I heard it and picked it up. But I think that happened before I moved to Pgh.

I think 'you guys' is common. I had a conversation a little while ago about the word 'guy'. For a lot of people (it seems), a guy can only be a male, but I just use it to mean person. "Did you see that guy? Yeah, that girl with the red dress-" I think that's the PA thing.

Yeah -a state store is a government regulated liquor store. I always kind of liked them.

[ceciliaj]

yea pennsylvania! :)

[redscarfboy]

rock rock on!

[fainic_thu_fein]

Many of those apply to me too.. but I did grow up relatively nearby. A notable difference is that I, as a Marylander, love the Orioles no matter what! And there's no way that "They're calling for snow" is unique to PA ... this is standard as far as I'm concerned. "I'm gonna deck you" is found in MD as well. And I love Lancaster Co! I have family in Kennett Square who we used to visit when I was a kid and we'd always take excursions out to Amish territory. My favorite names are either Intercourse or Bird-In-Hand ... it's a tough call.

[redscarfboy]

I was always a fan of Bird-In-Hand. Man, I should go back to Lancaster when I get back to PA. I wonder if I could talk my parents into visiting the Amish...

[lilostitch]

So I grew up in CA (near Los Angeles) and I've said "go with"/ "come with" (also "bring with") my whole life...My ex (a native Pittsburgher) used to make fun of me for saying that, and I figured it was the only linguistic weirdness California had. Now I find out Pennsylvanians say this? Where are they? Everyone looks at me funny when I say it!!!

[redscarfboy]

It must be an Eastern PA thing. But like I said: I didn't grow up saying it. I remember a time when I thought it sounded really wrong, but then somehow I started saying it myself. It must have been in high school when I picked that up...which ironically was in Delaware.

[redscarfboy]

Hey...can I ask a random favor? My Norton anti-virus subscription is about to run out in two days and I know Pitt gives its students access codes to extend the virus subscription. Do you still have a Pitt username? Would you be willing to give me one of those access codes?

[ooglemonster]

That list doesn't differentiate between a Western PA person and an Eastern PA person. There is quite a difference, I now know from living on both sides.

[redscarfboy]

Definitely. I mean, look how confused my mother is about the whole "red up" thing. But for us who have lived on both sides, it's kind of cool. I totally owe you an e-mail...it's been like four months or something. I still have it somewhere...