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From: Suzanne Johnston <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Regionalisms
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:23:08 -0500


In Pittsburgh, we go dahntahn.
When I moved here from Nebraska, I had to learn a whole new vocabulary.

Suzie


Claire Keenan Agthe wrote:
> From outside Phila., you go "in town."
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> On Feb 26, 2008, at 4:21 PM, DearMYRTLE wrote:
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>> When I lived in Bayshore, Long Island, we would say we were "going
>> into the
>> city" if we were going to Manhattan.
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>> When living in Rockville, Maryland, when speaking of a trip to the
>> national's capitol, we'd say we're "going into the District."
>>
>> In Medina, a suburb of Seattle, we say we are "going downtown" or
>> "going to
>> town".
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