You thought you’d heard the last about being “strubbly,” or ill-kempt/disheveled, didn’t you? Then came a letter in the mail from Lorraine of York about her experiences with the word; and THEN, I got the most recent copy of the Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group’s newsletter, which featured a photocopy of
I warned you yesterday that we’d be coming back to the topic of bologna in today’s post! But, as promised, we’re taking a different look. We’re going to talk about how you pronounce the word, not the food itself. So what do you think? poll by twiigs.com As always, if
It’s summer! And what do a lot of Yorkers do every summer? Why, go camping, of course. But here’s the thing: It doesn’t seem to mean the same thing to everyone. And that, my friends, means it’s time to share your opinion. poll by twiigs.com In addition to voting, please
We’ve talked in the past about hamburg barbecue, certainly. But it came to my attention again recently when one of my copy editors, Caryn. who is herself a lifelong Yorker, responded to a news release I’d sent her to put into our system. “Here’s a Yorkism for you; a hamburg,
Can you tell from today’s post title what our Yorkism (or set of Yorkisms) is? That’s right, we’re talking about the word you use to address a collective group of people. You know, “all of you.” You all? You? Y’all? Yinz? Youins? Yous? Or something else? I was going to
Since yesterday’s post was so in-depth, I thought today we should have a little more of a quick read. In that spirit, here are a couple of quick follow-ups to our talk about “mise-well” as the York County way of saying “might as well.” One of my favorites was from
Today’s fun Yorkism comes courtesy of longtime reader Jo. She suggested some time ago that we talk about “persnickety.” While this is not an “Only” in York County thing, it’s certainly something we say a lot, and, of interest, we’re home to a business by the same name, a wedding
Edna Brothers, then 81 years old, checks on the chicken potpie she’s making for Sunday dinner to serve to her sons and daughters-in-law in her East Manchester Township home in this 2006 photo. A while ago, commenter Kris emailed about a true York County food. Kris writes, “Chicken potpie is
When we last talked about being ‘strubbly,’ I shared a comment from Roy Flinchbaugh, talking about how he did not find in his dictionaries a reference to it coming from the German word struppig – in fact, he didn’t find that word – but rather strubbelig. Struppig, had been suggested
Time for another Yorkism! In the style of pronouncing different ‘differnt’ comes ‘mise-well,’ which is what I call the York County short form of saying “might as well.” This comes to me from my friend Crystal, source of many Yorkisms. She was the one who suggested ‘different,’ and I got