Posts tagged with Pittsburghese

Why Pittsburghers add an ‘S’ to the end of words
Do you — or your parents — call it Aldi's or Giant Eagle's?

Settling the debate: Is Pittsburgh in the Midwest?
We turned to experts in Pittsburgh language, food and history to find out. Here's the verdict.

Solving a mystery: Why does our Pittsburgh still have the ‘H’?
Pittsburgs across the country dropped their Hs when they were told to. Not us.

Oxford English Dictionary: Pittsburgh’s jagoff crossed ‘threshold of prominence’
"The use we know today is used as an insult of a person," said Katherine Martin, head of US dictionaries at Oxford University Press in New York.