I hail from Amish country in PA--born and raised (sadly, I must admit I lived in Palm Springs, CA in the late '90's)...but guess what--I returned to the sloppy snow of southcentral PA. I had NO idea that Pittsburgh people were called 'yinzers'--care to 'splain that moniker to me, 47?
Its origins are a corrpution of you'uns. Appalachia is said by many students of American regional culture and lingo to "originate" in Pittsburgh, and run south from there. Hence the "Paris" moniker: Pittsburgh was at one time the prime urban economic engine of an otherwise-poor region. We relocated to the N E GA mountains decades ago, and note the similarities in geography, weather, and large number of Scots-Irish families around here.
Ooh for heavens sake---that is SO funny! Here in southcentral PA, the "old folks" still say "yourin" instead of "you'ins". Sounds as though they're talking about taking a "potty break"--LOL!! Thanks for the helpful info, 47!!
Thanks for response! I'm at the other end of the Commonwealth, but a native of parts north. In fact, the other Commonwealth. Also known as Taxachusetts (and was so called even in 1977 when we gratefully escaped to this wonder-land where soil is richer and growing season longer).
Oh wow!!! I was a LOT closer to you before I moved here to Lancaster (I lived in Reading, PA for 9 years until September of 2019).
So there are "local C & C Army groups"??? I belonged to our Lancaster chapter of FREE PA for several years - but it is sadly "fading away" since the SCAMdemic mania subsided (which is regrettable).
Let me know if there's a Lancaster chapter of the C & C Group, Via!!!
OK, this 'Burgh boy wants to know: What's a yooper??
If you’re from Michigan, anyone who lives in the Upper Peninsula is referred to as a Yooper. I have never heard it referred to anything else.
If you live in the U.P. = Yooper.
Thank you! Gotta love American regional names!
I hail from Amish country in PA--born and raised (sadly, I must admit I lived in Palm Springs, CA in the late '90's)...but guess what--I returned to the sloppy snow of southcentral PA. I had NO idea that Pittsburgh people were called 'yinzers'--care to 'splain that moniker to me, 47?
Its origins are a corrpution of you'uns. Appalachia is said by many students of American regional culture and lingo to "originate" in Pittsburgh, and run south from there. Hence the "Paris" moniker: Pittsburgh was at one time the prime urban economic engine of an otherwise-poor region. We relocated to the N E GA mountains decades ago, and note the similarities in geography, weather, and large number of Scots-Irish families around here.
Ooh for heavens sake---that is SO funny! Here in southcentral PA, the "old folks" still say "yourin" instead of "you'ins". Sounds as though they're talking about taking a "potty break"--LOL!! Thanks for the helpful info, 47!!
Upper Peninsula = UP = Yooper
Yinz taught me somethin new today.
Is Yinz from you-uns?
Yes. Pittsburgh was once called "the Paris of Appalachia."
Thanks for response! I'm at the other end of the Commonwealth, but a native of parts north. In fact, the other Commonwealth. Also known as Taxachusetts (and was so called even in 1977 when we gratefully escaped to this wonder-land where soil is richer and growing season longer).
PA and MA as commonwealths: Knowledge that won me several small bets when I would wager that there are only 48 US "states"!
Commonwealth of Virginia, too. And Kentucky
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/08/whats-in-a-name-the-four-u-s-states-that-are-technically-commonwealths/
Four of 'em in total? This is a good day for learning stuff that I must have slept thru in school!
As am I, Via - I live in southcentral PA - near Lancaster county--where are you?
Montco. Moving toward a C&C Pa meet-up. How many others here are within a 2 hour drive?
Oh wow!!! I was a LOT closer to you before I moved here to Lancaster (I lived in Reading, PA for 9 years until September of 2019).
So there are "local C & C Army groups"??? I belonged to our Lancaster chapter of FREE PA for several years - but it is sadly "fading away" since the SCAMdemic mania subsided (which is regrettable).
Let me know if there's a Lancaster chapter of the C & C Group, Via!!!
Why??? Appalachia is in W. VA and parts of NC?? I don't get the connection, 47!