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For those who think we 'talk funny' or use 'big
words', here's why ...
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Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!
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 | About Pennsylvanians: You've never referred to
Philadelphia as anything but 'Philly' and New Jersey
has always been ' Jersey .' |
| We don't go to the beach, we go 'down the shore.'
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| You refer to Pennsylvania as 'PA' (pronounced
Pee-Ay). How many other states do that?? |
| 'You guys' (or even 'youze guys', in some places)
is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men
and women. |
| You know how to respond to the question 'Djeetyet?'
( Did you eat yet ?) |
| You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre,
Schuylkill, the Poconos, Tamaqua,
Kutztown,Tunkahannock, Bala Cynwyd, Duquesne and
Monongahela. also Conshohocken. |
| And we know Lancaster is pronounced Lank-ister,
not Lan-kaster. |
| You know what a 'Mummer' is, and are disappointed
if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
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| You know what 'Punxsutawney Phil' is, and what it
means if he sees his shadow. |
| The first day of buck and the first day of doe
season are school holidays. |
| At least five people on your block have electric
'candles' in all or most of their windows all year
long. |
| You know what a 'State Store' is, and your
out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you
can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart. |
| Words like 'hoagie,' 'crick,' 'chipped ham,'
'dippy eggs', 'sticky buns,' 'shoo-fly pie,' 'lemon
sponge pie', 'pierogies' and 'pocketbook' actually
mean something to you. ( By the way, that last one's
PA slang for a purse!) |
| You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast!) and
know others who do the same. Those from NY find this
'barbaric.' |
| You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you
know it comes in several colors. |
| You know the difference between a cheese steak
and a pizza steak sandwich, and you know that you
also can't get a really good one anywhere outside of
the Philly area. (Except maybe in Atlantic City on
the boardwalk.) |
| You live for summer, when street and county fairs
signal the beginning of funnel cake season. |
| You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise,
Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville,
Mars, Bethlehem, Hershey, Indiana, Sinking Spring,
Jersey Shore, State College, Washington Crossing, Jim
Thorpe, King of Prussia, Wind Gap, and Slippery Rock
are all PA towns ... and the first three were
consecutive stops on the old Reading RR! (PS - That's
pronounced Redd-ing.) |
| You know what a township, borough, and
commonwealth are. |
| You can identi fy drivers from New York , New
Jersey , Maryland or other neighboring states by
their unique and irritating driving habits and their
front license plates! |
| A traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a
horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster
County. (And remember ... that's Lank-ister!) |
| You know several people who have hit deer more
than once. |
| You carry jumper cables in your car and your
female passengers know how to use them. |
| Driving is always better in winter because the
potholes are filled with snow. |
| As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that
were taller than you were.. |
| You know beer doesn't grow in a garden, but you
know where to find a beer garden. |
| You also know someone who lives 'down the lane'.
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| You actually understand all this and send it on
to other Pennsylvanians for former Pennsylvanians!
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