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n'at = and that
Djeetyet = did you eat yet
crick = creek
Dude, that's not slang, that's just lazy talking. LOL
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Hey, M. Hi, Jay!
Okay, you guys are so awesome and supportive but I was totally kidding about the rope/restraint/knots thing. I have no personal experience with that kind of stuff.
Even if I did, I'd deny it.
Sure. We believe you.
I believe you, Lil!
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Like 'ang on and 'aveago. 
And why do they call a blanket roll 'matilda'?
Actually I agree - pennsyltuckian slang is more like mush mouth than anything else.
And why do they call a blanket roll 'matilda'?
Actually I agree - pennsyltuckian slang is more like mush mouth than anything else.
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There's a lot of mush mouth in American English. We're notorious for it. I think it's the only language you can speak without moving your mouth at all.
Alright, guys. I'm heading to bed. Nice to see you all, if only for a moment.
Have a nice day/night/evening/afternoon/whatever.
Have a nice day/night/evening/afternoon/whatever.
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n'at = and that
Djeetyet = did you eat yet
crick = creek
I have to protest the statement that a crick is a creek. It isn't. A crick is a run of water that's smaller than a creek. They're not the same thing at all. Some people will call a crick a rivulet, but it's a crick. Just saying.
Unless you're in Pittsburgh, then it's just talking. It's not "West Liberty", it's Weslibbery". It's not Mount Lebanon, it's "Mt. Lebinin". It's not Steelers, it's Stillers. It's not "downtown", it's "dahntahn." It's not "you guys" or "y'all" or any other plural "you", it's yinz or yunz (and yunz is pronounced U-uns or Unz, depending on where you learned it). Pittsburghese is an experience, and many natives are very proud of it. And, yes, I've heard all of these in the wild since I moved here.
It makes setting a story in the 'Burgh interesting for dialogue.
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Yep, Del. I saw that picture in the Pennsylvania slang list and assumed creek, because it sounds so much like crick.
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Well, I have to wait til Sunday to get my Pesgetthi, but am definitely looking forward. That's your fault Jay, for giving me the hankerings. And of course I know that mushrooms are a healthy food, which I will eat, when forced, so I don't mind if they add it.
I think I'll cut out early today, looks like I'm going to get normal sleep tonight.
Night, Jay.
I think I'll cut out early today, looks like I'm going to get normal sleep tonight.
Night, Jay.
Like 'ang on and 'aveago.
And why do they call a blanket roll 'matilda'?
Actually I agree - pennsyltuckian slang is more like mush mouth than anything else.
waltzing matilda its your swag
I have to protest the statement that a crick is a creek. It isn't. A crick is a run of water that's smaller than a creek. They're not the same thing at all. Some people will call a crick a rivulet, but it's a crick. Just saying.
Unless you're in Pittsburgh, then it's just talking. It's not "West Liberty", it's Weslibbery". It's not Mount Lebanon, it's "Mt. Lebinin". It's not Steelers, it's Stillers. It's not "downtown", it's "dahntahn." It's not "you guys" or "y'all" or any other plural "you", it's yinz or yunz (and yunz is pronounced U-uns or Unz, depending on where you learned it). Pittsburghese is an experience, and many natives are very proud of it. And, yes, I've heard all of these in the wild since I moved here.
It makes setting a story in the 'Burgh interesting for dialogue.
so does that mean you can't be up the crick without a paddle?
Where I'm from, I promise you, a crick is a creek. There's no difference, except in how you say it.
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No, but it's certainly possible on a river.
It feels...free, NaBra. Very free.
I have been processing and processing what my marriage was and what was happening for many years. One problem that I struggled with is that my ex-husband and I never shared the same reality. One of the issues related to the depression I have is that I did not have a strong ability to maintain my understanding of reality in the face of his understanding of reality. So now, I no longer have to struggle against that force. It makes me feel light and like I am soaring, or I could.
Another thing I have been thinking about is camaraderie. The first modern video game I played--that is a video game from the 21st century)--was an MMO called Tabula Rasa. I fell in--that's the only way I can describe it--with a group of people...it's all very complicated. The short story is that through playing together, I developed a deep sense of camaraderie. We did a lot of group activities, and for the first time in my life I had this sense of "I've got your back." One friend and I took our friendship out of the game, and we tried to start a political party at the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement. And that is another long story.
I think the best marriages and families give you that feeling of camaraderie, as well as a lot of other stuff. There is a feeling of "I've got your back." Or, as Elizabeth Bonesteel's MC Elena says (this is my paraphrase, I hope), I'll be as strong as I can be so that you can be as strong as you are. I often felt this at Taekwondo. It was always missing in my marriage, and I was always searching for it without knowing what I was searching for and with feeling desperately bad about myself for having that yearning.
I have some of that sense of camaraderie here with you guys. It sustains me. Oopsie; here come the tears.
I think that's why I suggested the idea of writing a story together.This morning, I was thinking that you can team up with anyone at any time, if you pause to think about the situation, your role, what you are doing, and what you have to offer.
So, I feel like now, I can offer that camaraderie to anyone who inspires it, in any situation that requires it. That I have the energy and the capacity to team up with people and let the feeling fill me up.
M.
I have to protest the statement that a crick is a creek. It isn't. A crick is a run of water that's smaller than a creek. They're not the same thing at all. Some people will call a crick a rivulet, but it's a crick. Just saying.
Unless you're in Pittsburgh, then it's just talking. It's not "West Liberty", it's Weslibbery". It's not Mount Lebanon, it's "Mt. Lebinin". It's not Steelers, it's Stillers. It's not "downtown", it's "dahntahn." It's not "you guys" or "y'all" or any other plural "you", it's yinz or yunz (and yunz is pronounced U-uns or Unz, depending on where you learned it). Pittsburghese is an experience, and many natives are very proud of it. And, yes, I've heard all of these in the wild since I moved here.
It makes setting a story in the 'Burgh interesting for dialogue.
Well, we talked like that in Steubenville, OH, too. Just sayin. I love spending time with my cousin who grew up in Pittsburgh because she still talks like that, even though she has lived a good deal of her adult life in New Jersey. When I hear those words, I feel like home.
There are things here in Massachusetts that people call rivers, but to me they are clearly creeks. And there are other things that people call streams that are clearly cricks. If I look at them too much as I'm driving by, I get a crick in my neck, too.
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Beanie- thanks, I had forgotten about swag. Kind of luck a bundle of your belongings. I think.
Morning, Lil. That's the way I had always heard it.
Tears are cool. We definitely need them sometimes. And this thread is the first place that's felt like family in some time. There was another thread, but maybe that I was my own reality intruding on what was really going on.
Morning, Lil. That's the way I had always heard it.
It feels...free, NaBra. Very free ...
I have some of that sense of camaraderie here with you guys. It sustains me. Oopsie; here come the tears.
Tears are cool. We definitely need them sometimes. And this thread is the first place that's felt like family in some time. There was another thread, but maybe that I was my own reality intruding on what was really going on.
There is a song or a poem in here somewhere, and I do not mean Waltzing Matilda.
That feeling of one's own reality intruding on what was really going on--it happens to me so often. It's not a very nice feeling at all.
Which requires hugs, I think.Although, I can see if a person is thick skinned and has a great sense of humor, there are funny possibilities there.
Which made me think of this little guy, but I don't know why exactly.
Good morning, reppers!
I can't believe I missed the Pittsburghese discussion! I'm a native! For the record, I don't say crick or yinz. But I definitely do the pronunciation thing. I don't say "Southside." I say "Souside." We tend to drop the "th" here.
Hey look, I reached 7000 posts and then some! Also, I go back to work on Monday.
I can't believe I missed the Pittsburghese discussion! I'm a native! For the record, I don't say crick or yinz. But I definitely do the pronunciation thing. I don't say "Southside." I say "Souside." We tend to drop the "th" here.
Hey look, I reached 7000 posts and then some! Also, I go back to work on Monday.
I think going back to work might play either good or bad. I don't see an emoji for that...
It's both good and bad. I'll be happy to get a steady paycheck again, and the physicality will help me drop the few extra pounds I gained this winter. The only bad is not being able to sleep in anymore during the week.
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Congrats, Lady
. Someday I'll be 7,000 posts old. Tanks for the hugs, M. Can always use those.
. Someday I'll be 7,000 posts old. Tanks for the hugs, M. Can always use those.