| | Here's some more, just for Tracey:
You "make a left" to turn left. You find 20 degrees "a little nippy". Your name for a sloppy joe is barbecue. You buy beer and soda only by the case. You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva. You do things awhile, instead of for a while. Your favorite spices are salt, pepper and ketchup. You think the roads in any other state are smooth. The first day of deer season is like a national holiday. (sick, btw)
You slow down at blinky lights. You have to go to Gettysburg to see a Confederate flag. You can say Firehall Reception without batting an eye. You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. They put cinders on the roads when it snows instead of sand. You like winter driving because the potholes are filled with snow. You can buy produce or crafts along the road on the honor system. You know what a Nittany Lion is, and to you state means Penn State. You get an urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word snow. Clopping hooves on a paved street don't bring you to the window anymore. You live near a plant that makes chips, pretzels, candy or ice cream, or bologna. Your four seasons are Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction Season. School closings take radio stations half an hour because every town is a school district. You have caught yourself saying, "I'm calling off today" or "They're calling for snow." You go to LANG-kist-er instead of Lan-CAST-er and LEB-en-in instead of Leb-a-NON. Turkey has filling or stuffing, not dressing, and you actually correct those who say it wrong. Local papers cover National and International news on one page but need six pages for sports. You don't understand how anyone could watch football without halupki, halushki or kielbasi. (not a fan of polish food or football, but i know people it would apply to)
You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."
You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay). How many other states do that? You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow. You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila." At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long. You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart. Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you. You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".)
You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold. (PA dutch is the best)
You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it. (at one time...)
You know the difference between a cheese steak &a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.
You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is. (At least you vaguely remember.)
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits. A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County. You know several people who have hit deer more than once You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them. As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were. You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, and Monongahela. You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
Your favorite dessert is wooder ice. (It comes in churry, strawburry, & other asswrded flaverz.)
You know how to spell Schuylkill
You believe the car on your left, flashing its turn signal and the driver pointing at your lane, wants you to close the gap with the car in front of you.
You don't think Wawa sounds funny
You visit New York and are impressed by how clean it is. (compared to Philly)
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