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MuEta

> yinz

So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised.

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Isn't it in the rust belt?

Indeed it is!

That's... the joke...

> So a Pittsburgher with a passion for rust? Color me surprised.

Guilty as charged :)

holy cow...just went looking for the origins of "yinz" and found out about "western pennsylvania english." My wife does the "needs/likes/wants + past participle" thing listed in the wikipedia article[1], and I never knew it was commonplace in some parts of the U.S.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English

Wikipedia says only outsiders say "Pittsburghese", but I've only ever heard it, and never "Western Pennsylvania English."