Pittsburghese for Beginners
Tip-offs That You're a Pittsburgher
| What We Say | What Others Say |
Want More About Pittsburghese? Check out pittsburghspeech.com, the Web site created by Barbara Johnstone and other linguists at CMU. It's an informative site dedicated to the history of the Pittsburgh dialect. Recently, podcasting has become available on the site, so you can listen to a short explanation and pronunciation of many of your favorite Pittsburgh words. |
| tray-zhure | treasure | |
| may-zhure | measure | |
| yinz | y'all / youz | |
| fift | fifth | |
| heighth | height | |
| hoagie | sub / grinder | |
| fahw | file | |
| mahw | mile | |
| saside | South Side | |
| norside | North Side |