10 Words You’ll Only Hear in NEPA
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1. Coun-y
You live in Lackawanna or Luzerne coun-y?
2. Couple two-tree
Can I get a couple two-tree slices of bread?
3. Tamayda
I’ll have a BLT with extra tamayda.
4. Youse
Youse guys going to the baseball game tonight?
5. Prolly
I’ll prolly go there after I’m done running errands.
6. Sammich
if I don’t get my sammich in a second I’m going to flip.
7. Spelt
I got out of the speeding ticket cuz the cop spelt my name wrong.
8. Hawdogs
I need to get my fix of Abe’s hawdogs.
9. Heyna or no?
Philadelphia is going all the way this year! Heyna or no?
10. Nannycoke
I grew up just outside Wilkes-Barre in Nannycoke.
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