OK, I have been away from W Pa for too long, the accent is just sounding like it is a Baltimore accent. Watched the Pgh dad clips, and the “basement pop” one was the funniest. “There’s a pitcher ofmlemon blend upstairs!”. I LIVED on lemon blend growing up. Did either of you ever have Sam’s pop out of the New Ken bottler?
I have been fooled by a Baltimoron a time or two into thinking they were from the Burgh, It’s pretty close in some respects. But while exaggerated, this s def western PA. I was chatting with the garage guy at the consol center and when we walked away xsjr said— wow, he really did say dahntahn . My kids recognize a yinzer when they hear one. Gotta love the burgh. I sent that to Paula and she was like OMG I forgot we called it jumbo! She has far more of a residual Pittsburgh accent, despite her ivy league med school education, than I do.
And OMG yes, Sam’s pop. New Ken, hillcrest, matrons heights were central to my childhood. You could mix and match pop flavors in yer case which was cool. Did you ever have, was it Tom Tucker pop? I recall it was ginger ale and my gram would get us the mint ginger ale for Christmas eve Ukrainian dinner at her house. I always thought champagne must taste like ginger ale and was disappointed as an adult when I finally tasted it!
No Sam’s pop here, we got Cherikee Red made down in Kecksburg (famous for the alien ship that landed there).
They still have the Tom Tucker ginger ale and mint ginger ale here. The mint stuff is horrid to me, so I can’t agree with that.