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    Western Pennsylvania English, known more narrowly as Pittsburgh English or popularly as Pittsburghese, is a dialect of American English native primarily to...
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    Pittsburgh (/ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ/ PITS-burg) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the second-most populous...
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    area and has now formed such unique dialects as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh English. The dialect region "Midland" was first labeled in the 1890s, but...
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  • Northwest English Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) English Extinct or near-extinct American English Boontling Older Southern American English Mid-Atlantic...
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  • English Western American English California English Pacific Northwest English Western Pennsylvania ("Pittsburgh") English Aboriginal Canadian English...
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  • The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university...
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  • Zealand English and many regional accents, such as African-American Vernacular English, Cockney, New York English, Estuary English, Pittsburgh English, Standard...
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  • English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English...
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  • University of Pittsburgh. He continued to work on it during his studies (1985–87) in the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English at the University...
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  • Cot–caught merger (category Use American English from March 2019)
    varieties of American English, including: Pittsburgh English, towards [ɒ~ɔ] (with the father–bother merger) Much of New England English towards [ɑ~ɒ] (in...
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    The Pittsburgh Light Rail (commonly known as The T) is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and surrounding suburbs. It...
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  • Jagoff (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    American English derogatory slang term from Pittsburghese meaning a person who is a jerk, stupid or inept. It is most prominent in the Pittsburgh area and...
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  • Canadian English or Pittsburgh English. The caught-cot merger without the father–bother merger is found in Scottish English and most of New England English. Uniquely...
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  • SportsNet Pittsburgh is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is...
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  • person. First person includes the speaker (English: I, we), second person is the person or people spoken to (English: thou or you), and third person includes...
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  • John Buccigross (category Television personalities from Pittsburgh)
    hurts!" Also, on occasion, he uses a Pittsburgh English or Pittsburghese accent, in his announcements of Pittsburgh sports. Another fun catch-phrase of...
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  • American Rust (TV series) (category Television shows filmed in Pittsburgh)
    15, 2024). "Season 2 of "American Rust," filmed in Pittsburgh, to premiere in March - CBS Pittsburgh". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024. Marc...
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  • Pittsburgh Dad is an online series of short films featuring the observations of a blue-collar father from Pittsburgh who speaks with a thick Pittsburghese...
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    supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe...
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    The name of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a complicated history. Pittsburgh is one of the few U.S. cities or towns to be spelled with an h...
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    The Pittsburgh left, also known as the holeshot[citation needed], is a colloquial term for the driving practice of the first left-turning vehicle taking...
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  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded and beginning play in 1999, the club plays...
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    The Great Pittsburgh Pierogy Race N'at, commonly called the Great Pierogy Race, is an American mascot race between innings during a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball...
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    Christopher Hitchens (category Use British English from May 2020)
    photo above] in 1997, as a visiting professor in the University of Pittsburgh English Department. Katz, Ian (31 May 2005). "When Christopher met Peter"...
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  • of learner spoken English. Trinity Lancaster Corpus, one of the largest corpus of L2 spoken English. University of Pittsburgh English Language Institute...
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    Pittsburgh Press, formerly The Pittsburg Press and originally The Evening Penny Press, was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh,...
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  • (the proper name Pittsburgh is an exception). Some words contain silent letters, which do not represent any sound in modern English pronunciation. Examples...
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  • Diphthong (section English)
    some cases of [oʊ̯, eɪ̯] originate from the Middle English diphthongs [ɔu̯, aɪ̯]. In Pittsburgh English, /aʊ̯/ is monophthongal [aː], leading to the stereotypical...
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  • The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality over a 1-month time interval. The measure consists...
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  • Change in Toronto Heritage Cantonese, University of Pittsburgh The dictionary definition of Canadian English at Wiktionary Termium Plus: the Government of Canada...
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