My friend and coworker Sean Adkins is from Long Island. At least that's his excuse.
He didn't know what dippy eggs were. And it took him some time to understand getting his drink served "awhile."
Clearly, all of my faithful readers need to go leave Sean some York County comment-love. (I saw that Jo already did!)
And in case you, too, are clueless... read more about dippy eggs here and read more about "awhile" here.
This one came up at a friendly gathering I was at last week. My best friend and his wonderful new bride have found a Yorkism that separates them, and I thought I'd help settle their disagreement with a lovely poll.
My answer to come in a future post!
One of my friends and coworkers, Kara, recently gave me a copy of Pennsylvania Magazine, whose publisher, Al Holliday, has a regular column called "Did 'ja know?"
In the issue she gave me (May/June of this year), Holliday's column explores some of the ways we "tawk" funny across Pennsylvania.
Tawk - talk - is one of them. Some - like "Youze and yizz" - are more common in other areas of the state than in this area.
But here are some of the ones that I've heard around York. As a return of my popular "pop quizzes," can you decipher the "real words" behind these?
1. Farce far
2. Lie berry
3. Shar (and par)
Leave me comments with your guesses!
The image above is from the nice folks at McCormick, who share a recipe for what they call Classic Herb Stuffing.
But this is York County. Do we trust what the people at the spice company call something? Heck, no! Some of us have another name for this bread-based goodie. So what do you think?
Remember my post last month on why so many locals call the village in Chanceford Township "the Brogue" instead of Brogue?
A new commenter, Rita, helped me out with some insight on that question. (Hi, Rita!) She writes:
Well, we won't give Rita any grief, right? Not when we're such fans of York County phrases like doing something awhile or saying something is "all"!
Now, for reading this far, here is a great photo from Brogue:
Here, Carole Hale of West Wind Bison Farm in Brogue feeds the bison apples early in the morning in 2002.
What I really should do is make a trip down and find out more about this Brogue Hotel. Is it still there? Is it still open to the public? Can I take pictures? This might be a road-trip project!
Winner of my grilled cheese vs. toasted cheese name-game poll was...
Sorry, those who voted for "toasted" cheese. I can see the argument either way. I would even say you could use them both, depending on if you toasted the bread and then added the cheese, or if you grilled the whole thing.
We like putting ours under the broiler, which makes them much closer to "toasted," but I guess I'd have to call them "broiled cheese" to be exact, and that's just silly.
Here are some my mommy made me for lunch earlier this week:
Can you spot one of my favorite foods tucked into it? Comment and let me know! (C'mon, this is an easy one.)
This one is easy and fun, brought to you by my friend and former coworker Megan. Bonus points: Comment and tell me either (a) why you voted the way you did or (b) if you think the are both valid but describe two different things - and if so, why?
