baby coach –noun. Chiefly Eastern Pennsylvania and Chesapeake Bay . A baby carriage.

Lunch meat –noun. Called "cold cuts" elsewhere.

For those who think we Pennsylvanians 'talk funny'

or use 'big words', here's why ...

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 .'

We don't go to the beach -- we go ‘down the shore.'

You refer to Pennsylvania as 'PA'

(pronounced Pee-Ay). How many other states do that??

'You guys' (or even 'youze guys', in some places) is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men and women.

You know how to respond to the question ‘Djeetyet?'

(Did you eat yet?)

You know that the Iggles play football and so do the Stillers.


You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre , Schuylkill , the Poconos, Tamaqua, Kutztown, Tunkahannock, Bala Cynwyd, Kishacoquillas, Duquesne and Monongahela, also Conshohocken.

And we know Lancaster is pronounced Lank-ister,

not Lan-kaster.

You know what a ‘Mummer’ is, and are disappointed

if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.

At least five people on your block have electric

'candles' in all or most of their windows all year long.

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.


Words like 'hoagie,' 'crick,' 'chipped ham,' 'dippy eggs', 'sticky buns,' 'shoo-fly pie,' 'lemon sponge pie',

'pierogies' and 'pocketbook' actually mean something

to you. (By the way, that last one's PA slang for a purse!)

You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know

it comes in several colors.

You know the difference between a cheese steak and

a pizza steak sandwich, and you know that you also

can't get a really good one anywhere outside of the

Philly area. (Except maybe in Atlantic City on the boardwalk.)

You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Mars, Bethlehem, Hershey, Indiana, Sinking Spring, Jersey Shore, State College, Washington Crossing, Jim Thorpe,

King of Prussia, Wind Gap, and Slippery Rock are all PA towns ... and the first three were consecutive stops

on the old Reading RR! (PS - That’s pronounced Redd-ing.)

You can identify drivers from New York , New Jersey , Maryland or other neighboring states by their unique

and irritating driving habits.

A traffic jam in Lancaster County is 10 cars waiting

to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway.

(And remember ... that’s Lank-ister!)

You know several people who have hit deer more

than once.

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.

You know beer doesn't grow in a garden, but you

know where to find a beer garden.

You actually understand all this and send it out to

other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians.

It's scary, isn't it!

YEAH! THAT'S GOOD OL' ‘PA’ AND WE LOVE IT!

And send it to people that never lived in PA and

confuse them, because nice matters.

AND

IF YOU MARRY A PENNSYLVANIA GIRL ..........


Three friends married women from different parts of the country.....

The first man married a woman from Utah . He told her that

she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a

couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see

a clean house and dishes washed and put away.

The second man married a woman from Lousiana. He

gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning,

dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any

results, but the next day he saw it was better.
By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes

were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table.

The third man married a girl from Pa. He ordered her to

keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed,

laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal.

He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day

he didn't see anything but by the third day, some of the

swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his

left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix

himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.

He still has some difficulty when he pees.


Youn's all play nice now once. I hafta make dippy eggs.