"You know you're from" meme...
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kodalaio1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
o2. Cut and paste the list.
o3. Bold the items that apply to you
You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."
You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay). How many other states do that?
You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" ( A Ground Hog ) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.
You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."
At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.
You know what a "Hex sign" is. (I feel like I ought to, what's that?)
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. (I was incredulous to discover in other states you CAN.)
You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".
Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.
You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. Those from NY find this "barbaric". (It IS 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 (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.
You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti's, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.
You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio,or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.
You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them. Well, I do...
You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south. Hey, that came in handy last winter!
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. Well, I was a short kid.
Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.
"You guys" and "ynz" 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, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.
You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
o2. Cut and paste the list.
o3. Bold the items that apply to you
You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."
You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay). How many other states do that?
You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" ( A Ground Hog ) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.
You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."
At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.
You know what a "Hex sign" is. (I feel like I ought to, what's that?)
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. (I was incredulous to discover in other states you CAN.)
You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".
Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.
You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. Those from NY find this "barbaric". (It IS 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 (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.
You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti's, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.
You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio,or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.
You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them. Well, I do...
You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south. Hey, that came in handy last winter!
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. Well, I was a short kid.
Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.
"You guys" and "ynz" 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, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.
You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
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Date: 2010-07-26 02:41 am (UTC)LIQUOR IN A MINI-MART? WHAT IS THAT I don't even.
Is it awful that I know how to pronounce Monongahela but had no idea that's how it's spelled? (I had to stare at it for a few seconds before it clicked in my head. XD) I can pronounce all of those, but trying to spell some of them is a pain in the ass.
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Date: 2010-07-26 07:16 am (UTC)So how do you pronounce Monongahela?
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Date: 2010-07-26 03:38 am (UTC)In Texas you can get beer and wine (but not fortified wine) in a grocery store (except before noon on Sunday); lliquor requires a "wine and spirits" store. The nice thing is that the selection of wines (and beer) in those grocery stores (much less the wine stores) is still better than in Pennsylvania state stores.
Bala Cynwyd is pronounced like it sounds (balla kinwood, actually). That one you should know. Monongalela is at the other end of the state.
Shoo-fly pie is Pennsylvania Dutch; pierogies are Polish, as I recall, a group that mostly live in and around Pittsburgh.
Can't believe you don't know what a Mummer is (or is it that you just don't care?).
Even before Google came along, I'm betting that most people knew that Blue Ball et al are in PA. If you are FROM Pennsylvania, you also know that, names notwithstanding, these places are still not worth going to.
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Date: 2010-07-26 07:15 am (UTC)I do know what a mummer is, and have HEARD of the mummer's parade, but this one falls on the "not interested" side of the spectrum, much as I was never interested in the Eagles.
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Date: 2010-07-27 03:24 am (UTC)Man, now I wanna go watch that again.
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Date: 2010-07-28 03:10 am (UTC)In Pittsburgh we not only had the Mon (the Monongahela) but also the Yough (the Youghiogheny) and we knew how to pronounce them both. (They converge at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio, which accounts for Three Rivers Stadium, for instance)
But then, pronunciation-wise, Pittsburgh was a little weird-Fort Duquesne was properly pronounced Fort Doo-kayne, but North Versailles was North Ver-sales--go figure.
I do remember nothing ever got done at work at Westinghouse on the first day of hunting season--the whole shop took off...
Спасибо за инфу
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