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by ludicrousdispla 58 days ago
'mensch' and 'schmuck' are commonly used words in NYC that are not known to people in the South, unless they have studied German (and yes I had to fight capitalizing them.)

Another example... 'they're all' is shorthand for 'they're all gone' in Pennsylvania.
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lief79 58 days ago
Never heard that second one, which part of PA? I'm Philly burbs.
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ludicrousdispla 58 days ago
between Pittsburgh and Altoona
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1-more 58 days ago
schlep too. To a much lesser extent mishegas and tsuris. There's a continuum for knowing Yiddish words where at one end it's "lived in NYC" and then passes through "had playdates with a Jewish friend" through sequentially "have 1/2/3/4 Jewish grandparents." All of these things possible anywhere in the world, but I agree very much an NYC thing.
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