No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Yinz jagoffs welcome pittsburgh slang, rude, funny. This book is a handy resource to speaking or interpreting the language of a yinzer. As most pittsburghers know we are often the butt of jokes about how stupid our accent makes us sound. Pittsburgh slang pittsburgh city, pittsburgh, pittsburgh pa. Pittsburghese has remained a fairly obscure dialect within american culture. Submitted by paul corey, sydney, australia yinzer alla time jaggin on me. Not only do they speak an entirely different language than pittsburghese like i already told yinz, they also have some pretty serious sports rivalries with pittsburgh that the city is just not willing to ignore.
Jagoff this is another wellknown pittsburghese term that mean a rude person this term is usually thrown at people who are bad drivers stillers the slang term for pittsburghs football team, the steelers. It started out as a plural form, youuns but was generalized. The views expressed on this page by users and staff are their own, not those of namepros. Product details paperback 4 inches by 6 inches 64 pages. Yinz shirt, yinzer shirt, pittsburgh, its a burg thing, pittsburghese t shirt s to 4x. Yinzer or yunzer was historically used to identify the typical bluecollar people from the pittsburgh region who often spoke with a heavy pittsburghese accent. Upgrade your style with pittsburghese tshirts from zazzle. The characters here are supposedly from johnstown, about 60 miles outside pittsburgh, and im guessing the actual johnstownian accent is milder than pittsburghese. This little book is the ultimate guide to speakingor interpretingthe language of a true yinzer.
Yinz tee steel city brand retro pittsburgh yinzer tshirt. Cafepress brings your passions to life with the perfect item for every occasion. Come check out our giant selection of tshirts, mugs, tote bags, stickers and more. Yinz better be sittin dahn with an arn city beer for this news nat. The term stems from the word yinz or yunz, a second.
Using the model of meaning and meaning change elaborated earlier in the book, the chapter explores. Joe manganiello does his best pittsburgh accent late night with seth meyers duration. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Words spoken by the always loquacious and soft spoken theresa heinz kerry. Not even close, according to a recent survey by big 7 travel company. I have spent some time in pittsburgh, and i havent heard yinz, nat, etc. That is because this website is about pittsburgh speechhow pittsburghers actually talk. Pittsburghese from ahrn to yinz staff of the heinz history center on. The only tumblr that is is exactly like da burgh in every way. Speaking pittsburghese paperback barbara johnstone oxford. A westernpennsylvania bastardization of the phrase you ones, which addresses more than one person. Free returns 100% satisfaction guarantee fast shipping. The accent, slang, and verbal shorthand of someone born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.
But its a different linguistic story in pittsburgh, where geekwire is setting up shop in a second headquarters during the month of. The word has become associated with pittsburgh in particular, whose natives are commonly referred to as yinzers. The definition of the word is simple, yinz is everyone that isnt you. Read on for tips in speakin authentic pittsburghese, courtesy of south side native richard peterson. Stephen king likes how yinz pittsburghers talk pittsburgh, pa the acclaimed writer gave an unsolicited thumbsup to our vernacular on twitter. Pittsburgh vs all yinz pittsburgh tshirt teepublic. Yinz wanna check out the rooftop biergarten at hotel monaco in dahntahn. The complete guide to pittsburghese by the staff of the heinz history center. This little book is a charming, humorous guide to a local dialect that is cherished.
The complete guide to pittsburghese written by the staff of the heinz history center. Pittsburghese from ahrn to yinz heinz history center. Pittsburghs diamond was the square around the old city market now market square. By megan huerbin so, youve landed yourself in the burgh, huh. Yinz pittsburghese coffee mug handmade in pittsburgh by. One thing that really sets pittsburghers apart from the crowd is our unique language, enough to fill an entire pittsburghese dictionary.
Warm up with these exercises designed just for you. Shop top fashion brands tshirts at free delivery and returns possible on eligible purchases. Yinz see history and usage below for other spellings is a secondperson plural pronoun used mainly in western pennsylvania english, most prominently in pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the cultural region known as appalachia, located within the geographical region of the appalachians. Words like yinz and nat appear throughout pittsburgh, but the origin of. Pittsburghese tshirts pittsburghese tshirt designs. This word is generally considered to be slang in the geographical area in which it is used and people using it are.
Submitted by jason hominsky, greensburg gimme a towel, im all over rain. Covered almost every pittsburgh talk that i remember growing up. Our baseball team willie stargell, we miss you pixberg stillers. Submitted by ron melle, da rocks that ainda way i see it. We are considering a move to pittsburgh so i made this purchase.
So showing workingclass pride may also be a reason for people to use localsounding language. Enjoyed sitting with pittsburghers and talking about the local slang. Pittsburghese, on the other hand, is a reflection of how people think pittsburghers talk. Emblematic of pittsburghese is yinz as the plural of you. Its just a habit of saying yinz instead of you guys or whatever. But yinz just rolls off the tongue and sounds right.
The word yinz is the slightly less charming cousin of the word yall. You have probably noticed the tshirts emblazoned with the word yinz being sold all over the city. Yinzer is a 20th century term the ginger matthew shipman made up on the literal spot. If youre in pittsburgh and you want to fit in, you should probably start to hate philadelphia. In addition, words like yinz, dahntahn, and stillers have become symbols of locale in pittsburgh. Pittsburghese from ahrn to yinz staff of the heinz history center on amazon. The pittsburgh english dialect, or pittsburghese, derives from influences from the scotchirish, german, central european and eastern european immigrants. We all know that pittsburgh is an awesome city and pittsburghers are oneofakind. The story of a dialect oxford studies in sociolinguistics 9780199945702. Study up on your nouns, verbs, adjectives, phrases, people, places, sports, and more how would hamlet sound, had he been from da burgh. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Its a handy resource to speaking or interpreting the language of a yinzer. History of yinz and the outlook for pittsburghese oxford.
You may be wondering why you havent seen the term pittsburghese on this website. Are these words really used in the pittsburgh area. Black and gold pittsburgh style yinz party invitation. In 20, carnegie mellon university professor of rhetoric and linguistics barbara johnstone published a book, yinz. Printed on usa made royal apparel 100% certified organic ring spun cotton. Here are 16 words from pittsburgh that might yield a raised eyebrow from a nonpittsburgher. The word appears in every dictionarylike list of local words, the two linguists write, and its so strongly associated with pittsburgh that a local term for a local person is yinzer. Yinz jagoffs welcome,pittsburgh slang, rude mature funny doormat from damn good doormats. The land of bridges and rivers and a mean, constant hankering to put fries on top of anything and everything edible. Western pennsylvania english, known more narrowly as pittsburgh english or popularly as pittsburghese, is a dialect of american english native primarily to the western half of pennsylvania, centered on the city of pittsburgh, but potentially appearing as far north as erie county and limestone, new york north of bradford, as far east as sunbury, pennsylvania, citation needed as far west as. How regional dialects are fixing standard english copy link facebook twitter reddit flipboard pocket uncle sam wants you singular or plural, because in english. Yinz pittsburghese coffee mug handmade in pittsburgh by local yinzer artists. Where chipped ham is welcomed, cole slaw and french fries are eaten together under mancinis bread, the steelers, penguins, or pirates are on the tube, the snow fills the pot holes, and polka music is blaring. Yinz seen a sputzie ettin a jumbo by the yock or the monmon.
They call it pittsburghese, and some have said its the ugliest accent in. Accuracy aside, though, this is a pretty spoton caricature of the regional dialect as a whole. This chapter traces the semiotic history of yinz, starting from when it was an unremarked feature of vernacular pittsburgh speech and ending in 2012, when yinz was also a key feature of pittsburghese, talked about, performed, and otherwise deployed more than almost any other pittsburghese word. Pittsburgh, pennsylvania our hotel was the wide white building you see on the point. Speaking pittsburghese paperback barbara johnstone. How regional dialects are fixing standard english the real enemy. This pronoun is part of the slang portion of the pittsburgh regional dialect.
Pittsburgh, pa is a wonderful place to live for people from all walks of life. Speaking pittsburghese the story of a dialect barbara johnstone oxford studies in sociolinguistics. In pittsburgh, its yinz, even if the majority of the time its used ironically. Explores the history of pittsburghese, the local dialect of the pittsburgh, pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by pittsburghers. Its really the only pittsburghese slang i use though. Bucs the slang term for pittsburghs baseball team, the pirates. This book explores the history of pittsburghese, the language of the pittsburgh, pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by pittsburghers. Book was a little smaller than i expected and some of the local slang seems to be well known outside the pittsburgh area.