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To: Labyrinthos
"sammich" is Pittsburghese for "sandwich". There are books devoted to translating western Pennsylvania's peculiar vocabulary. I am a native speaker of the dialect and never knew how strange it sounded until I came back for a visit after I'd been away from home for about five years. I could finally hear it. I was amazed that people could talk that way. Of course we thought our cousins from Cleveland and Detroit spoke funny when we were growing up.

Namsman sends.
122 posted on 01/04/2005 8:46:35 AM PST by namsman
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To: namsman

Thanks.


125 posted on 01/04/2005 8:49:53 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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