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The
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An At | and that: pointless ending added to many sentences. |
Arn or Airn | A roughly triangular metal object that, when heated, is used to take wrinkles out of clothing. |
Boosh | A green leafy plant resembling a small tree; name of two Presidents. |
Buggy | Shopping Cart. Throw some paper taals in the buggy. |
Chimbley | The thing that smoke goes up and Santa comes down. |
Clothes Press | What other people call a closet. |
Cor-deen | Musical instrument on which Polkas are often played. |
Crick | A small stream. |
Dahn Tahn | Downtown Younz goin dahn tahn to watch the Stillers an at? |
Davenport | Large piece of furniture found in the living room. |
Field | What something is if it's not empty. I field my glass up. |
Flars | Colorful, pretty, sweet smelling things that grow in flar beds. |
Gulf | A game invented in Scotland. |
Gum Band | A stretchy thing used to hold stuff together, known in the rest of the country as a rubber band. |
Henna? | Isnt it so? (Star Junction; from Haint it?, which in turn comes from Aint it?) |
Icebox | What people over 30 call a fridge. |
Innair | In there. |
Jaggers | Thorns. Stush went out huntin’ and came home all full o’ jaggers. |
Jeet? | Have you eaten? |
Jever? | Did you ever? |
Jew? | Did you? (The reply to Jeet?) |
Kellers | Crayola makes them in many different shades. |
Mi-izer-taird | What happens to your eyes when you read too long. |
Nebby | Overly inquisitive. |
Neb-Nose | One who is nebby. |
Onnacowna | Because of. The game was called onnacowna rain. |
Picksburg | City 30 miles north of Perryopolis. |
Pie-anna or Pi-anner | A large stringed musical instrument with 88 black and white keys. |
Poke | An object made from paper or cloth and used for carrying things. |
Poosh | The words usually written on the OUT door. Also, Officer, that mugger pooshed me in tha booshes! |
Pullet Surprise | An award given to writers, photographers, and perhaps chicken farmers. |
Redd up | To clean house. |
Run ya over or Ride ya over |
To drive someone somewhere. |
Saerdy or Sadderday | Day after Friday. |
Sammich | Two pieces of bread with something in between. |
Shaer | A bath taken standing up under a sprinkler. |
Spa-shel | An unusual event or occasion. Ain’t that spa-shel? |
Steel | Continued. Are you steel watchin that T.V.? |
Stillers | NFL team in Picksburg. |
Taal | Cloth used to dry oneself after a shaer. |
Taired | Fatigued. |
Tagger | Large, striped carnivorous feline found in India and Southeast Asia and also in zoos. |
Tenners | Tennis shoes. |
Upair | Up there. |
Warsh or Woosh | To clean something with soap and water. |
Wrench | To pour water over something, usually to remove soap. |
Wretch | To extend the arm to retrieve an item: Wretch me that there tar arn, Rachel, sozi can change this here flat. |
Younz | You. Sometimes Yinz or Yunz. (South: Y’All.) |
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