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From: Richard Lindberg <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Regionalisms
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:18:57 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <000301c87890$fdf31850$f9d948f0$@com>


Speaking of regionalisms, Pittsburgh-ese has been determined to be its own dialect. Thus gumbands, warsh (as in Mt. Warshington and Little Warshington), crick and other terms have some legitimacy.

Richard L. Lindberg who drinks Coke while yinz drink whatever,

"Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <> wrote:
What is that old joke? ... to a Southerner a Yankee is anyone from above the
Mason-Dixon. To a Pennsylvanian a Yankee is a New Englander. To a New
Englander, a Yankee is from Maine. To someone from Maine, a Yankee is ____?
And that's where my memory loses it.

Yes, it does help to know what the origins of the originator were when he
wrote a document or was quoted in one. I had heard that we mostly learn to
speak from our mothers. That explains why I said warsh until my high school
years and teasing from my classmates got rid of that habit for me. My mother
was from Ohio.

-- Elissa in Pittsburgh who drinks pop while you'ns might drink soda

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG
www.PowellGenealogy.com
CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic evaluations
by the Board.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claire Keenan Agthe
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [APG] APG Digest, Vol 3, Issue 140--Soda vs Pop
>
> To get back to the genealogical content -- I think knowing different
> regional / ethnic / generational usages (and misattributions) really
> helps you understand the life and times of your family, not to
> mention helps you correctly interpret the documents you find.






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