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FakeNoose

(35,657 posts)
5. I've seen it spelled both ways
Sat Dec 14, 2019, 02:07 PM
Dec 2019

Pittsburghers are sometimes called Yinzers - but never Yunzers.

Other than that, I don't really know which is correct.

DeminPennswoods

(16,303 posts)
10. Yinz is recent, "younz" is what I heard growing up
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 01:23 AM
Dec 2019

As in "are younz guys goin' bowling?" Promised myself I'd never say it and never have.

marble falls

(62,046 posts)
6. My grand parents lived in Nanty-Glo and my grandfather worked the Bethlehem mines ...
Sat Dec 14, 2019, 03:51 PM
Dec 2019

(with Charlie Bronson before Charlie enlisted in WWII). And he farmed, too.

He didn't get rid of the stripped model T for a tractor until my dad enlisted for Korea. The T didn't have brakes so my dad and uncles would have to get in front of it with a concrete block to stop it.

We had a world class sledding hill and all the woods you'd need for a childhood's adventure.

Life was good. But for my grandfather finally dying of black lung after he finally had to leave the farm, it was a charmed life. Thank G*d for Jock Yablonsky and the UMW.

mitch96

(14,651 posts)
7. My Uncle lived in Nanty Glo and Belsano
Sat Dec 14, 2019, 04:05 PM
Dec 2019

Or was it Strongstown...... I forget.. Long time ago in a far away place. He worked in the wheel plant for Bethlehem Steel.. Management and republican. My father was Brooklyn/liberal/Union.
They would have some knock down arguments especially when the Iron City and Canadian club was flowing. And in the end they were best of friends. God I miss those days. You could disagree but still be friends...
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marble falls

(62,046 posts)
8. Yep. It might have gotten a bit loud (my granpa drank Rock and Rye or brandy) but it never got ...
Sat Dec 14, 2019, 04:18 PM
Dec 2019

personal. As kids we'd go into the taverns on the weekends for sausage and potatoes, or perogi with the grown ups and we'd dring orange pop. What great memories, and the weddings and the Church Saints' days celebration where the nuns used to win the biug prizes - the fur coat or the trip to Florida.

Wonderful, wonderful days. Thank yuse for the nudge down memory lane! Yuse - the singular of yunz.

mitch96

(14,651 posts)
9. "Thank yuse for the nudge down memory lane"
Sun Dec 15, 2019, 05:41 AM
Dec 2019

Back at 'ya partner.... happy trails to you as Roy and Dale would say...
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