Once a Pennsylvanian, Always a Pennsylvanian
>Talking Pennsylvanian ...
>
> Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!
> About Pennsylvanians:
>
> You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything
> but "Philly" and New Jersey has always been " Jersey"
> You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced
>Pee-ay). How many other states do that?
>
> "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to
>a group of men & women
>
> You know how to respond to the question
> "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?)
>You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre ,
> Schuylkill , the Pocono's, Tamaqua, Tunkannock, Bala
>Cynwyd, Duquesne & Monongahela.
>
>You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed
>if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
>You know what " Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it
> means if he sees his shadow.
>The first day of buck & the first day of doe season are school holidays.
>You know how to get 'rid' of things and how to read up.
>You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception"
>& not even bat an eye.
>You can't go to a wedding without hearing the
>"Chicken Dance," at least one polka & either an
>Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."
>
>At least 5 people on your block have electric
> "candles" in all or most their windows all year
> long.
>You know what a "Hex sign" is.
>
>You know what a "State Store" is, and your
>out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you
>can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
>
>You own only 4 c ondiments: salt, pepper, mustard &
> ketchup.
>Words like "hoagie," "crick," "chipped ham,"
>"sticky buns," "shoo-fly pie," "pierogies" &
>"pocketbook" actually mean something to you. That's
>PA slang for purse!
>
> You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others
>who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric.")
>
>You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you
> know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown,
> Gold.
>
>You know several places to purchase or that serve
>Scrapple, Summer Sausage and Hot Bacon Dressing
>You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street
>vendor without fear & enjoy it. It almost always
>comes with mustard.
>
> You know the difference between a cheese steak & a
>pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a
> really good one out side PA. Except Atlantic City on
> the boardwalk.
>
> You live for summer, when street & county fairs
>signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
>Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for
> breakfast.
>You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise ,
>Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville,
>Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns. (and the first
>3 were consecutive stops on the Reading RR)
>You know what a township, borough, and
>commonwealth is.
>You can identify drivers from New York , New Jersey , or other
>neighboring states by their unique
>& irritating driving habits.
> A traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a
>horse-drawn carriage on the high way in Lancaster County .
>You know several people who have hit deer more
> than once.
>
>You carry jumper cables in your car & your female
>passengers know how to use them.
>You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid,
> de-icer, or a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you
> now live in the south.
>Driving is always better in winter because the
>potholes are filled with snow.
>
>As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that
> were taller than you were.
>
>Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish,
>German, & Italian names.
>
>You know beer doesn't grow in a garden but you
>know where to find a beer garden.
>
>You also know someone who lives "down the lane"
>
>You actually understand all this & amp; send it on to
>other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians!
>YEH ! ! THAT'S "PA" AND WE LOVE IT
>And send it to people that never lived in PA and
>confuse them.