Flannel Cakes
Kitty Korner Komber
Quill Pig
I blame the Italians.
A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub, grinder, hero, hoagie, Italian sandwich, po’ boy, wedge, zep, or torpedo........
Like when the Incredible Hulk met the Jolly Green Giant and he said, “Oh my verdant brobdingnagian doppelganger!”
One of my favorite weird words is “dongle.” It sounds dirty, but isn’t.
If he can come up with the correct spelling of “yunz” (2nd person plural in Pittsburgh and PA Dutch Country), that will be a job well done.
-PJ
I learned a new word recently: furbelow
Oh, teh me 'bout dem der weee-ahd wuhds, der!
Y'see, ah grew up in South Cah-linah,
down neah Chaaaaaa-stin, dontcha know.
Whan ah b'cam a Yuuuu-nitid Stits Senatah, ah ended up tawkin' ta lotsa folks from place like Bowstin an' Phi'dehphia an' Noo Yoke.
Now, if'n you wants ta heah some we-ahd wuhds, dem folks tawk s'funny, ah can't hahdly unnustand a wuhd dey say!
o'cose, ahm ruhtaaaahd now, so's ah don' hafta deal wit dose fokes anymo'.
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Procrastination yields its usual dividends.It all started back in 1889, when the American Dialect Society began to write the Dictionary of American Regional English... For eight decades, the project went virtually nowhere, until Professor Frederick Cassidy got involved.Is "pokey" in this thing? |
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