THE FINE ART OF SPEAKING PITTSBURGHESE

Sam McCool's New Pittsburghese* or "How to Speak Like a Pittsburger," was first published in 1982 and distributed by Renaissance News.

One might actually wonder who would ever want to learn to speak Pittsburghese, since most people from Pittsburgh spend a lifetime trying to learn how not to. Most of us natives who grew up around the Golden Triangle have grown weary of the bewildered looks we have received when referring to a rubber band as a gum band... and in how many parts of the country would you hurry to redd up a room because company was coming.

We grew up worshing and arning our clothes, and I don't know about yunz, but instead of going into downtown to shop for a babushka, in Pittsburgh we went dahntahn.

*Just in case you are from Pittsburgh and need to prove that there are those who still believe that the word "iron" is a one syllable word beginning with an a, you might sit down on the cauch and call 412-650-4848 to order this delightful little book. Trust me, it will stir up some old memories.

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