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!
