[MuEta]

> yinz

So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised.

[dikaiosune]

Isn't it in the rust belt?

[carols10cents]

Indeed it is!

[solipsism]

That's... the joke...

[carols10cents]

> So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised.

Guilty as charged :)

[untothebreach]

holy cow...just went looking for the origins of "yinz" and found out about "western pennsylvania english." My wife does the "needs/likes/wants + past participle" thing listed in the wikipedia article[1], and I never knew it was commonplace in some parts of the U.S.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English

[bwanab]

Hmmm... It is a common usage in Appalachian East Tennessee also. I suspect it's more generically Appalachian than just Pennsylvania.

[steveklabnik]

Wikipedia says only outsiders say "Pittsburghese", but I've only ever heard it, and never "Western Pennsylvania English."

See also http://www.pittsburghese.com/