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mpoetess ...
1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..."
2) pick out whichever list strikes your fancy and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry. Duh.
You know you're from Pennsylvania if ...
* You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-Ay).
*snerk* Oh, yeah. That's everybody, actually. Find someone from PA who doesn't call it that, and I'll show you someone who hasn't lived there all that long.
* You can say the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
* You know what a "State Store" is, and your out-of-state friends find it unbelievable that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
I told my brother I can get liquor at the 7-11 here anytime I want, and he damn near had a coronary. Stupid state stores.
* You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkey, beans or bologna.
Well, I didn't. I think we may have been the only place in Pennsylvania not near one.
* Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook", and "water ice" actually mean something to you.
Hee! The other day, I described the fried crab wontons I got from the Chinese place as "seafood pierogies," and everybody looked at me like I was wearing a platypus for a hat.
* You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same.
What's wrong with that? Hell, that's how we ate for four days straight on twenty bucks worth of pizza when we went on school trips.
* You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in multiple colors: Red, White, Brown, and Gold.
Yeah, but I've neve had the pleasure of drinking it. So there.
* You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Lebanon Bologna, and Hot Bacon Dressing.
* You can give directions to "Intercourse, PA" with a straight face.
Unfortunately, I ca do neither.
* You can eat a cold soft pretzel with deli mustard smeared on it from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
Eww! Mustard! (Hot cheese on my pretzels, thank you very much.)
* Your turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."
* You know the difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
Damn straight!
* You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Oh, God, funnel cakes. *covets* I could go for a funnel cake right now. Mmm, with lots of powdered sugar. Uh-huh.
* You know that Blue Ball, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, Intercourse, and Slippery Rock are towns.
Yup. I think the founding fathers of most PA towns were in crack. It would explain so much.
* You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
Well, okay, I remember learning the difference. Does that count?
* You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey," and the Atlantic Ocean as "the shore."
* You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
YES. Lik the fact that they drive through the country at the speed of smell pointing at things like they're at Busch Gardens. That's my personal pet peeve.
* When handed a wrapped cupcake, you automatically flip it over and rub it on the table so the icing won't stick to the cellophane.
* You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
Oh, yeah. Some of us, twice in the same night, sort of.
* You know who "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
Yup. And I've also been to Punxsutawney, which, just so you know, is just as much of an armpit as it looks in "Groundhog Day". And all those screaming drunken idiots you see on the news are IUP students.
* You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
I wouldn't say disappointed, really. For those of you who don't know what Mummers are, imagine if you will that Liberace was the Second Coming, and his disciples dressed up in funny outfits and spread his Gospel by looking far too happy in cheesy parades.
* You carry jumper cables in your car, and your female passengers know how to use them.
Well, no, but my dad never showed me how to do a damn thing with my car.
* You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
Yes, but I'm one of the sane Pennsylvanians who actually stops aftr the first loaf and jug of milk.
* You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
* You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you live in the South.
Well, I would. Hey, you never know.
* Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
HA. Ain't that the truth.
* You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
* You think a typical vacation is two weeks on the front stoop.
* School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half an hour to finish, because just about every town has its own school district.
Oh, hell, yes. Not to mention the really crappy snow days, when the DJs always felt the need to commentate. "And North Whatchamacallit has a two-hour delay, but you should probably keep listening, they should close any minute ..."
* When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes," and when someone says 1979, you think "TMI."
Okay, the Agnes one is true. (And I was born in 1977. Sheesh.)
* As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
I'm dinky. It wasn't that difficult.
* "Youse guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.
*is ashamed*
* You know how to respond to the questions "Djeetyet?" (Did you eat yet?) and "Wid o widout?" (With or without onions?)
* You can say the correct pronunciation of LANK-is-ter instead of the mispronounced Laan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.
* You know how to pronounce Narberth, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Athyn, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.
Damn straight. And it still sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me when people mispronounce Wilkes-Barre at other bus stations.
* You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
What are you looking at me like that for?
* You call Sloppy Joes "Barbecue."
* You think Medium Rare equals Well Done.
Sounds about right.
* You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
* You buy your beer and soda only by the case.
I've learned to fight urge, but I get tempted every time I'm in the 7-11.
* You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."
Not, the "outen the lights" thing, but definitely the other two.
* You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
Well, they are. Probably because their DOT workers actually, you know, work.
* You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.
* You know that Yuengling is pronounced "Ying-ling," and believe that it really is a premium beer (which comes from growing up on Schlitz and Iron City).
I know how to pronounce it, at any rate. I hate beer, though.
* You have the Rolling Rock bottle memorized: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment."
* You refer to something as "a whole nother," as in "That's a whole nother issue."
*is ashamed again*
* The local paper covers National and International headlines on 1/4 page but requires six pages for sports.
*giggles* Oh, yeah.
* The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
* You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
I believe Construction officialy starts on Tuesday, doesn't it?
mpoetess ...1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..."
2) pick out whichever list strikes your fancy and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry. Duh.
* You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-Ay).
*snerk* Oh, yeah. That's everybody, actually. Find someone from PA who doesn't call it that, and I'll show you someone who hasn't lived there all that long.
* You can say the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
* You know what a "State Store" is, and your out-of-state friends find it unbelievable that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
I told my brother I can get liquor at the 7-11 here anytime I want, and he damn near had a coronary. Stupid state stores.
* You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkey, beans or bologna.
Well, I didn't. I think we may have been the only place in Pennsylvania not near one.
* Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook", and "water ice" actually mean something to you.
Hee! The other day, I described the fried crab wontons I got from the Chinese place as "seafood pierogies," and everybody looked at me like I was wearing a platypus for a hat.
* You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same.
What's wrong with that? Hell, that's how we ate for four days straight on twenty bucks worth of pizza when we went on school trips.
* You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in multiple colors: Red, White, Brown, and Gold.
Yeah, but I've neve had the pleasure of drinking it. So there.
* You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Lebanon Bologna, and Hot Bacon Dressing.
* You can give directions to "Intercourse, PA" with a straight face.
Unfortunately, I ca do neither.
* You can eat a cold soft pretzel with deli mustard smeared on it from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
Eww! Mustard! (Hot cheese on my pretzels, thank you very much.)
* Your turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."
* You know the difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
Damn straight!
* You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Oh, God, funnel cakes. *covets* I could go for a funnel cake right now. Mmm, with lots of powdered sugar. Uh-huh.
* You know that Blue Ball, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, Intercourse, and Slippery Rock are towns.
Yup. I think the founding fathers of most PA towns were in crack. It would explain so much.
* You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
Well, okay, I remember learning the difference. Does that count?
* You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey," and the Atlantic Ocean as "the shore."
* You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
YES. Lik the fact that they drive through the country at the speed of smell pointing at things like they're at Busch Gardens. That's my personal pet peeve.
* When handed a wrapped cupcake, you automatically flip it over and rub it on the table so the icing won't stick to the cellophane.
* You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
Oh, yeah. Some of us, twice in the same night, sort of.
* You know who "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
Yup. And I've also been to Punxsutawney, which, just so you know, is just as much of an armpit as it looks in "Groundhog Day". And all those screaming drunken idiots you see on the news are IUP students.
* You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
I wouldn't say disappointed, really. For those of you who don't know what Mummers are, imagine if you will that Liberace was the Second Coming, and his disciples dressed up in funny outfits and spread his Gospel by looking far too happy in cheesy parades.
* You carry jumper cables in your car, and your female passengers know how to use them.
Well, no, but my dad never showed me how to do a damn thing with my car.
* You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
Yes, but I'm one of the sane Pennsylvanians who actually stops aftr the first loaf and jug of milk.
* You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
* You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you live in the South.
Well, I would. Hey, you never know.
* Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
HA. Ain't that the truth.
* You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
* You think a typical vacation is two weeks on the front stoop.
* School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half an hour to finish, because just about every town has its own school district.
Oh, hell, yes. Not to mention the really crappy snow days, when the DJs always felt the need to commentate. "And North Whatchamacallit has a two-hour delay, but you should probably keep listening, they should close any minute ..."
* When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes," and when someone says 1979, you think "TMI."
Okay, the Agnes one is true. (And I was born in 1977. Sheesh.)
* As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
I'm dinky. It wasn't that difficult.
* "Youse guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.
*is ashamed*
* You know how to respond to the questions "Djeetyet?" (Did you eat yet?) and "Wid o widout?" (With or without onions?)
* You can say the correct pronunciation of LANK-is-ter instead of the mispronounced Laan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.
* You know how to pronounce Narberth, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Athyn, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.
Damn straight. And it still sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me when people mispronounce Wilkes-Barre at other bus stations.
* You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
What are you looking at me like that for?
* You call Sloppy Joes "Barbecue."
* You think Medium Rare equals Well Done.
Sounds about right.
* You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
* You buy your beer and soda only by the case.
I've learned to fight urge, but I get tempted every time I'm in the 7-11.
* You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."
Not, the "outen the lights" thing, but definitely the other two.
* You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
Well, they are. Probably because their DOT workers actually, you know, work.
* You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.
* You know that Yuengling is pronounced "Ying-ling," and believe that it really is a premium beer (which comes from growing up on Schlitz and Iron City).
I know how to pronounce it, at any rate. I hate beer, though.
* You have the Rolling Rock bottle memorized: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment."
* You refer to something as "a whole nother," as in "That's a whole nother issue."
*is ashamed again*
* The local paper covers National and International headlines on 1/4 page but requires six pages for sports.
*giggles* Oh, yeah.
* The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
* You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
I believe Construction officialy starts on Tuesday, doesn't it?
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Date: 2004-06-19 06:21 am (UTC)Question:
* When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes," and when someone says 1979, you think "TMI."
What's that mean?
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Date: 2004-06-19 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-19 06:58 am (UTC)Also, how the heck do people pronounce Wilkes-Barre, if it's not the obvious "Wilks-bar"? "Wilkis-barry?"
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Date: 2004-06-21 12:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-06-21 12:19 am (UTC)Mmmm...pizza steaks.
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Date: 2004-06-21 12:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-21 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-21 12:49 am (UTC)Kinda hard not to know most places up there, though. Jeez, I'm from Forest City, which is even teenier, but if you asked your friend, they'd probably know of it.
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Date: 2004-06-23 11:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-23 09:15 pm (UTC)Like, thousands and thousands of miles.
TMI...
Date: 2004-06-19 07:02 am (UTC)Redhawk
used to live in North Wales, PA for about 10 years or so. Spent a year at IUP. Agrees wholeheartedly.
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Date: 2004-06-19 08:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-06-20 08:58 am (UTC)maybe one of us should write one.
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Date: 2004-06-20 10:27 am (UTC)You have the ability to die of shame on behalf of *someone else*. Dying of shame on your own behalf is nothing.
Ability to place someone's class and social standing in relation to you within 30 secs of them opening their mouth.
You apologise when someone else bumps into you in a crowd.
Feel most comfortable sartorially when there is a prescribed code of dress for a situation.
Inability to take the last biscuit without asking everyone else first.
Tales of murder, wife-beating and thievery are perfectly wholesome consumption for children as long as they're told using puppets at the seaside.
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Date: 2004-06-20 10:46 am (UTC)You have your 'winning the war was a joint effort' speech prepared for the moment an American so much as mentions WWII
You gloat for hours every time a film actually gets releaced first in Britain
You're secretly proud of the fact that Pop Idol and Big Brother were British ideas, just because they caught on so well everywhere else
You'd never, ever admit to being patriotic because it seems to mean being somehow loyal to Prince Phillip...
... but suddenly it was ok when England won the rugby world cup
You denounce American football as 'rugby for wusses'
You go to the seaside in summer and sit shivering on the beach with an ice cream, determined to enjoy yourself despite the drizzle
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Date: 2004-06-19 07:09 am (UTC)Interesting thing about Monongahela ... did you know the river and the county are spelled differently? S'true.
Schuylkill is the Sure-Kill :)
Ah memories.
HAH!
Date: 2004-06-19 07:19 am (UTC)It's definitely PA, never Pennsylvania
State Stores suck. It still boggles me somewhat that I can pick up a 12 at the frickin' 7-11.
Did that. Hatfield Meat Packing Plant.
God, now I'm jonesing for Lee's. Asshats, all of you! I'd KILL for a decent hoagie right now!
Cold Pizza for breakfast is one of the ONLY proofs of God's existance
Birch Beer is vile, but it does come in colors.
You can get scrapple at any diner on just about any corner. I don't care for it, but I know people who love the stuff.
I know vaguely where Intercourse, PA is but couldn't tell you how to get there.
Oh, vendor pretzels. Fscking YUM! Another thing I miss about working in Philly. The Roach Coaches.
No, turkey has stuffing. But I'm not a PA native.
Pizza steak. Yum. Cheese steak. Doubleplus yum. And you can't get a decent one outside of PA for love or money. I know, I've tried. Not even fscking Jersey gets it right.
Not so much with the county fairs thing, but funnel cake is delicious.
And I've been to maybe half of those towns, too.
Vaguely. Not a PA native, just spent too long there.
Yes.
Doubleplus yes.
The cupcake thing is a new one on me.
No on the hitting-deer thing. Only know one guy who's hit a deer.
Punxy Phil! Never been, know who he is. And agreed on the IUP students. This is because there is quite literally _nothing to do_ in Indiana, PA. NOTHING! Drink and screw, that's about it.
Goddamn Mummers. They frighten me. I _almost_ got a gig playing sax for one of them, though. That would have been awesome.
Used to carry jumpers, don't anymore. Pretty sure Frito knows how to use them.
No, I don't, but I grew up in Wisconsin, where we laugh at your puny snow! HAH!
My parents have a snowblower, and it hasn't snowed since they bought it. It's like a talisman.
I keep a snowbrush in my car at all times. It's only prudent.
Driving is always better in winter, period, stop, end statement.
Mmm. Flannel and tube socks. Sexy is what you make of it.
So very much NOT on the front stoop thing, but I know/knew people who were like that.
Yep. Annoying, that.
Got TMI, didn't get Agnes. Again, not a native.
Hell yes!
Youse Guys is a Western PA-ism.
Djeetjet is another mush-mouthed Pittsburger-ism, but the other one is cheese steak vendor-speak. :)
Yes to all of the above. Used to live in Norristown.
Not a big choco-freak, but I do prefer Hershey's to Godiva.
No, a Sloppy Joe is a Sloppy Joe. Not BBQ.
Wait - there's another way to get a steak cooked OTHER than medium rare? ;)
Nope.
Yep. Only makes sense. I HATE the fact that I can't get cases of soda easily in VA. Suxx0rs!
First one no, second two definitely yes.
They are! PA was paved entirely by heroid-blinded crackmonkeys with Parkinson's.
Schlitz and Iron City are truly pisswater, but Yuengling is one helluva fine brew.
Ugh! Rectal Rock! Ass in a bottle!
Yep. Got a couple of weird looks down here in Johnny Reb-land on that one.
Ugh. Hate that about the PA papers.
My trunk is a crap recepticle. Right now it's got a PC that I keep forgetting to take out.
Bah. PA doesn't get real winters. Maybe out West, but not near Philly!
Dayamn.
Redhawk
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Date: 2004-06-19 12:44 pm (UTC)Not that I think it's sad and pathetic or anything. *whistles innocently*
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Date: 2004-06-19 08:16 am (UTC)[1] If I ever bothered to learn the road names
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Date: 2004-06-19 08:22 am (UTC)Also, went to Bryn Mawr and now work in Bala Cynwyd. I love trying to tell people those addresses over the phone. One guy had me spelling Bala Cynwyd to him and commented "No vowels... I assume you're in PA."
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Date: 2004-06-19 10:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-19 12:51 pm (UTC)You know, another one on that list could have been, "You're sick of explaining to other people that you're not from either Philly or Pittsburgh." I can't begin to explain how often I've had to tell people that being from PA does not mean that I'm from either city and that there is, in fact, a pretty large area of the state that isn't either Philly or Pittsburgh.
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Date: 2004-06-19 08:22 pm (UTC)**As in, "Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and Alabama in between", if you hadn't heard that.
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Date: 2004-06-19 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-19 11:57 am (UTC)Funny how many of these apply to MD as well as PA.
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Date: 2004-06-19 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-19 12:03 pm (UTC)*is ashamed again*
Don't be. I'm lived in California for my whole 20 years and I say that. I don't see how the East has a monopoly on that particular incorrect grammatical construction. :)
I don't know what funnel cake is, sadly.
You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
We're See's, and Ghirardelli people, here in my corner of Northern California (San Jose), in terms of stores at least. Off the rack in a grocery store line, cheap good chocolate means Hershey. I almost never eat Godiva. I never see Godiva stores and rarely see Godiva products.
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Date: 2004-06-19 12:58 pm (UTC)Ooo, funnel cake is the best! It's basically this sweet pastry that looks like one great big jumbly strand, and they sprinkle powdered sugar over it. I can't wait to go back to PA in August because the Old Home Week in our town will be going on and they always have funnel cake stands. (And cheese fries and buffalo wings and kettle corn and gaaaaah.)
I almost never eat Godiva. I never see Godiva stores and rarely see Godiva products.
I had never seen a Godiva store in my life until I moved to VA.
Also, I think with Pennsylvanians, it's either Hershey or Gertrude Hawk when it comes to chocolate. My favorite is these white chocolate snowmen that Gertrude Hawk makes in the wintertime that have this divine chocolatey stuff in the center. I could live off them if I had to. :)
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Date: 2004-06-19 01:20 pm (UTC)My favorite chocolate is See's chocolate buttercreams, and Ghirardelli's mint chocolate. ALthough the Dove choclate truffle easter eggs are really good too.
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Date: 2004-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)Actually, though, I do a LOT of these and I think it may be because my grandmother's family is from Erie. So even though she's a Buffalonian, we've all got PA tendencies. ;)
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Date: 2004-06-21 01:09 pm (UTC)They forgot...
Date: 2004-06-22 09:59 pm (UTC)Things like "redding up the table," "the floor is slippy," and what it means when "Kennywood's open!"
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Date: 2004-06-23 11:20 am (UTC)Scrapple. *drool* The only people around here who have it/know what it is are the PA Amish who are invading us. Haven't had it in yonks.
Also, the Mummers? *dies laughing*
Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook", and "water ice" actually mean something to you.
Okay, we say subs instead of hoagies, but I grew up with the rest. Pierogies are OF THE STRONG. And Mother's quest for decent sticky buns has been going for the last 35 years.
Though, I protest some of the cold weather ones that were apparently stolen from the Vermont/NH/Maine/NY/Canada lists. You can't use your trunk for a deep freezer if it doesn't hit at least 0 F consistently for weeks on end. ;)