Nanna stares at me

Nanna can't understand why she has to sit away from me. Here at Mom's house I can't sit on the couch and use the computer like I do at home. So she stands on a pillow and watches me.

Pittsburghese

Someone posted this poster on Facebook and I just had to have it! I know what everything on it means! ‘Nebby’ is nosey- as is ‘you are being nosey by asking personal questions.’

I moved to Pennsylvania in the Fall of 1972 when I was 11. I was in the 6^th grade. Slowly these expressions became part of my lexicon. One word was FORBIDDEN in our house- yinz. It is Western Pa for ‘you’ plural. I could say ‘ya’ll’ but never ‘yinz.’ And I never did. Eventually, I learned the plural of you is… you.

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