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.
I loved jumbo. And I was disappointed when I got to the hoagie mecca of the world, Philadelphia, and found that italian hoagies were not served with a packet of kraft’s italian dressing, like every school hoagie sale came with. My younger sister was just lamentimg that she didn’t bring home enough chipped ham after thanksgiving. I never liked chipped ham, tho. I could really go for some St. Vladimir’s Friday evening pierogies! you know, the kind made by the church ladies for fund raising.....