You know you live in Western PA if...

[SurvivalKid]

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You drink pop, not soda.

There is not point in having school on the first day of rifle season cause nobody shows up anyways.

You strongly dislike Ohio.

Pittsburgh seems huge due to it being the only real "city" around.

You're proud we make fireworks n' ketchup.

You have one national disaster once every 25 years.

You love high school football. If you don't, you're lying, you're from Ohio.

That you're mad that you have to go clear to Cleveland do see a concert usually.

Spottin' deer is a family event.

You use a sweeper, not a vacuum.

You have Islay's Chipped Chopped at least once a week.

You can successfully navigate potholes that would swallow other drivers alive.

You can't figure out if you love or hate the Amish.

Between 80 and Edinboro is the second Artic Circle.

You love pierogies.

You eat jumbo.

Lake Erie is the only decent "vacation" destination for the next 300 miles.

You know every wing night within a 15 mile radius of where you live.

You measure distance in the amount of time it takes to get there.

You wear a bubushka during the winter.

You do "The Chicken Dance" at weddings.

If any weather above 40 is suitable for shorts.

Seattle gets as much sunshine as you do.

You have a potluck and 50/50 at a wedding you mostly likely had in a fire hall.

You get the first day of buck season off of school.

Truck Night!

You say the letter "O" instead of the number "0" when giving out a number.

Even though you don't like Ohio, Youngstown is the coolest place between Erie and Pittsburgh.

You get 2 feet of snow over the weekend and still have school on Monday.

You know where the original Quaker State & Lube is located.

You look up when a car goes past to see if it's someone you know.

You laugh when you hear about how the south freaks out when they have more than two inches of snow.

You answer your own question for yourself.
Ex. "What're yinz playin? Ping pong?"

You put ketchup on just about anything.

You proudly wear your Pirates gear and argue that Clemente was still the best!

One of the worst days of your life was when Mr. Rogers died.

One day you have the air conditioning on and the next you have the furnace on.

Your four seasons are: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction.

You navigate with landmarks that "used to be there".





You say words like:

worsh.........................wash
alunamin......................aluminum
yinz............................you(I think)
ya'll............................you all
ihzat...........................is that
blinkers.......................turn signals
buggy.........................shopping cart
sment.........................cement
krans..........................crayons
cammra.......................camera
redd up.......................clean up
hunnerd......................one hundred
huntin'........................searching
needs.........................need to be
clear..........................all the way
seen...........................saw
unloosen......................loosen
caddywonkus................crooked
preddy........................pretty
Eltuna.........................Altoona
supposebly...................supposedly
exak...........................exact
a whole nuther...............another
howabowt.....................how about
corduhduh....................quarter to
cupple three..................two or three
Cawlaradah...................Colorado
packatwuhnnies..............pack of twenties
Jianeeggle....................Giant Eagle
Buhler Cownnie..............Butler County
slippy..........................slippery
dahntahn.....................downtown
uptahn........................uptown
crick...........................creek
Stillers.........................Steelers
grossrees......................groceries
Wal-Mark......................Wal-Mart
spihggot.......................spicket
fehl.............................fail
Picksburgh.....................Pittsburgh
jaggerbush....................thornbush/briarpatch
jagg off........................jack off(jerk)
kehller..........................color
serrup..........................syrup
jimmies.........................sprinkles
hunky dorry...................fine and dandy
sehl.............................sale
melk............................milk
arn.............................iron
still.............................steel
arh.............................hour
gumbans......................rubber bands
ugnions.......................onions
tahr...........................tire
poosh.........................push
Norside.......................North Side
Sowside......................South Side
Eastuhaia....................East Ohio
nuh'in.........................nothing


And say phrases like:

"Ehrzahtat?"...................."Where's that at?"
"Jeet?".........................."Did you eat?"
"No, d'jew?"....................."No, did you?"
"I don't got no more."........."I don't have any more."
"How come?"...................."Why?"
"Jamaken?"......................"Whatcha makin'?(What are you making?)



If you dont live in Western PA you wont get half these jokes.

Enjoy!

[OhioGrizzLapp]

I got em all, I am a fence jumper, live in Ohio and PA....

[Old GI]

I not only think it's hilarious, I think it's absolutely correct on all counts. Although I was an Army Brat, both my folks were from Indiana and Bedford Counties. After being away for years, they still said stuff like that. And all my cousins say all that.

[Justin Case]

LOL.. fireworks in ketchup ????

[BH51]

We pronounce (caddy'wonkus) catty'wompus.....with a (P)......Just about everything else
is within our communication skills.....except a bubushka sounds like a greasy sausage you
grill...I guess you could wear'em if'n you wanna save it for later............................BH51.

[SurvivalKid]

LOL.. fireworks in ketchup ????

Pittsburgh, Heinz 57 products? Heinz Field! And fireworks is our second major exportation product. Come on Justin Case lol

[Justin Case]

Pittsburgh, Heinz 57 products? Heinz Field! And fireworks is our second major exportation product. Come on Justin Case lol

Ohhhh,, ok, I get it

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[finallyME]

I have only driven through PA once. And I love pierogis. Ja bardzo chce pierogi.

[Rick]

If I had a nickel for every hour I've spent in Johnstown, Erie, York and Hershey I would be a very rich man. One of the first trips to PA I noticed these 5 foot white stakes beside the road. I asked the guy that was with me what they were. He said it was so the snow plows would know where the edge of the road is. I said, but they are five foot tall! I immediately called my boss and told him any place that had that much snow didn't need me. They had all the crap they needed. He said that came out about right.

[crashdive123]

Similar stakes on the highway through the Cascade Mountains......They're about 15 feet high though.

[finallyME]

When I tried to leave the parking lot last Saturday after my winter adventure, all I could see was white everywhere. I couldn't see the snow drifts, or the piled snow walls from the plows. I was driving real slow when a snowmobiler stopped and asked why I was stopping all the time. I said I couldn't see where the road was. He said just stay in between the black poles. Thank goodness for those 15 ft poles.