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FakeNoose

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35. "Yinz" is old-style Pittsburgh

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 04:57 PM

Nov 2022

It's actually "less-educated" Pittsburgh, if you really want to know.

Having lived in Pittsburgh for over 30 years, I can truthfully say that very few Pittsburghers use "yinz" in their regular speech patterns. But we call ourselves "Yinzers" anyway because it distinguishes us from all the rest of Pennsylvania.

It's definitely unique to Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania.

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