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Re:Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Ru... by untothebreach on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:33AM (#11020447)
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

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Re:Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Ru... by bwanab on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:03PM (#11021118)
Hmmm... It is a common usage in Appalachian East Tennessee also. I suspect it's more generically Appalachian than just Pennsylvania.
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Re:Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Ru... by steveklabnik on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:40PM (#11020939)
Wikipedia says only outsiders say "Pittsburghese", but I've only ever heard it, and never "Western Pennsylvania English."

See also http://www.pittsburghese.com/

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