Youse goin dahntahn?

[santakiko]

The Pittsburgh accent makes me angry. It's a trigger I hadn't identified before this morning when I heard it on the radio. It's not a trigger that sends me into a panic attack or anything dramatic like that, it just puts me in a fowl mood. I get that smash something kind of feeling...my own terrible little streak of violence begging to be let loose

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[that]

Racer X talk that way? I don't know if I've ever heard anyone speak that way outside the movies.

I hate running across girls who remind me of Zilla. Fortunately, the world can't hold many of those.

It should have been "youns" instead of "youse".

[santakiko]

No, RacerX had a west coast, non-accent accent.

The trigger seems to be a generalized "those people" thing with a few specific people in there, but no one moment in particular. Just: ugh that accent.

The members of my immediate family have a slight accent, some more than others. My nephew's is crazy strong. It's not exactly Pittsburgh, though, I think it's more regional than that. Edging toward West Virginian...which is totally different but just as horrible.

[yingli]

The people who lived on the street where the big shooting was yesterday were all talking to the media and most of them were yinzers (as opposed to youzers). Gah.