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[โ€“] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yinz is a Pittsburgh and Pennsyltucky thing

[โ€“] lambda@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Genuine question. What is the "tucky" in pennsyltucky? Is it somehow tied to Kentucky?

[โ€“] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's the area south of Pittsburgh near WV, why is it called Pennsyltucky instead of Pennsylvirginia? No idea.
But, it's more of a "here be hillbillies" thing, especially when compared to the rest of the state.

[โ€“] marzhall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not just the area south - basically all the area in between the two cities. And yeah, it's basically like saying "once you're out of the cities, you might as well be in Kentucky."

[โ€“] youstolemyname@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Kentucky = Hicks

I was editing an Irish comedy recently which used "yinz" and "yiz" a lot.

[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wow, this is news to me. How does a new word get the s to change to a z like that??