Comments on: Photodriving Pittsburgh http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/ Wanderings into computational linguistics, science, social media and life... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WeThePeople http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-2094 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:33:19 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-2094 I say “needs fixed, vacuumed” etc. and I say “n’ at” when I list things or ask a question sometimes. I say “pop” for soda and always drop my “g” on going “gowun” for me, and doing “doowun” for me. People make fun of me out here in Indiana and say I can’t talk. Nobody will even give me the time of day. Am I a Pittsburgher without even being aware of it?

]]> By: Jason Adams http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-205 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:01:17 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-205 I’m not saying you have bad grammar babe. I’m saying that your dialect differs from what most Americans are used to. There is nothing right or wrong about it. The only wrong thing is for people to criticize other people for the way they speak because of prescriptive rules invented in the 17th century and 18th centuries by people with crazy notions that English should behave more like Latin and that the dialect of poor people was inherently inferior to the dialect of rich people.

I personally love the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, it’s really cool and reflects your history. Embrace it and be proud, my love.

]]> By: Donna Adams http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-204 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:24:07 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/2007/10/28/photodriving-pittsburgh/#comment-204 Amazing pics, babe! So amazing that I won’t even be offended by the fact that you pointed out my incorrect grammar on your blog. Really. I’m not bothered one bit.

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