You'se guy's, I love dis.

This is GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

I had family in Plymouth & Kingston & Larksville & shavertown, I heard plenty of that kind of talk growing up, especially around my Polish grandparents. I don't get around that part of the state much anymore & haven't in a long time, I wonder do they still talk like that there or is that something that died off

My whole extended family os from Scranton I can attest they all still speak like this especially the "mayan"

Having studied people in every sense of the word out of survival tactics as a teen when we moved from a very worldly Lake Community in NW New Jersey to Cowhampshire just before 9th grade. At that point I was pretty much well versed in openness to a greater or lesser extent. We were upper upper middle class meaning "highest end". Mother NYC suburbs raised Upper Class,dad working class but most articulate and intelligent of his kin. As an adult,moved to the NYC area at 21. Having been so misunderstood in my own back woods 3 places by my own neighbors of every class,I then found myself in those same over observant leanings,that have never left me. Yes I did well in the NYC area bolstered by a sense of ancestral belonging along with childhood memories of long visits with extended family throughout childhood. One striking common theme I found is that yes though there is a proviciality as with anywhere, on the same coin flip it at any given and???? "Openness",beyond belief and an acceptance of outsiders. You could basically ask anyone any questions whatsoever and even if the receiver was put off You still had chance to make your case,...and win them over. 22 years there bore this out... Been in Eastern PA for 11 years. Allentown to Philly. Although knew Pikes County people as a child in NW New Jersey. Wasn't consequential then But as an adult who is absolutely not Americana back woods Yes,extremely consequential. For instance 7.3 years in Philadelphia and art scene mostly,for that matter and still often find myself in very awkward social situations,40 to 60% of the time,any class or race. Conclusion: I am very approachable,amiable but won't allow my personality to be usurped or maladapted away from my core character which is what most do.. "Sell out". Oh I understand you,them you the commentator,but I am just a straight dead on but tactful person. With no desire to adopt a mask of a place as often newcomers do. Why throw away 47 years of myself for PA? But that's how they would have it in the inwardly gate and character composure I witness every day in Philadelphia. Yes exceptions aboud but in PA it's an Olympic Triathlon of social pivots just to stay intact .. Very gossipy,side eyeing,cold sholuldering,chronically sarcastic subcultures here. But yes a beautiful state physically with loads of career opportunities. Very unforgiving social landscape though. A few of my Philadelphian raised true middle classers of the Philly intelligencia agee Beautiful place,tough sell if you are a participant but not a Joiner.. Great vid!! My points to all of this are several, One great Video,very funny concept. Two yes PA is extremely varied in accents,traditions etc. 3

JohnCandyesque, heartwarming, and PS, Jerry and Son (West Nanticoke), and the Park Market (Nanticoke-Proper) make the region's best "Kielbossi". It is now time to "down-Da-Boilo" then act like a tourist in Polish Markets while purchasing 50 'rings of smoked' (kielbasa), with my cousin, just to hear the locals in each-and-every butcher shop stop conversing in English, then switch to (either) Polish or Slovak. We're 'gossip-mining', you-see, did I mention that we are fluent in both languages?? It's precious to see the looks on everyone's face as we translate some of that gossip into (spoken) English, bid them farewell, then inform them that we're heading over to "Stookies" for da barbecue sammies. Eh, and maybe da Tilbury for da 'swingset show'. Pray I don't get "da ooze" again!!

I love this lmao

This is Wyoming Valley Pa. Lingo

This is still the best video ever made,

I am from the hill section and the die in-the-wool screen tonian and I'd like to offer.... "Me and jobesy went dahn 2da paahhhrk. He sez" oh noon turdy, it's lunch heyna? Go arder tree hahddahgs 1 wit mustard, 1 wit not, u can have dis1, dudder1, or dahbodavum"

That chick in the green is pretty hot.

I'm Scottish of Shetland/Orkney and Irish descent and so many of these words are part of our tongue over here too. Is Scots/Irish emigration an influence, perhaps?

Incredible!

Greg! I miss you being around here! My favorite chippendale stripping in the studio and muffin tossing DJ

Awesome!!! Loved it!

Youse wanna go up der duday or dumarra heyna?

Or “what cana getcha?”

I LOVE FRICKN' FLOUINDER FLORINTINE!!

Lmfao it’s not heyna, where did u guys even come up with that 🤣🤣🤣 it’s “ainna, ayna, aiyna, spell it how u want who cares, and it means “ain’t that right”…..for example…that’s a mighty big fish there, ainna? See how it even sounds better than “heyna” 🤣🤣🤣

We need a new front end on our car, Too many potholes, Haynaa!!

"Heynabonics" is actually a local variation of the Inland Northern ("Great Lakes") accent, very similar to white accents in places like Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee. It is distinct from but related to the North Central ("Upper Midwestern") accent.

As a NEPA-n myself, I can confirm... Yeah...yeah pretty accurate... Though there's no escaping "Da Valley."

Hello

When I moved from nicholson to phoenix i was on the phone with my roommate and said "I'm at the store grabbin a couple-two-tree things need anythin" and someone two alleys over yelled "someones from NEPA, Heyna or no?"

I grew up I. nEPA and I never heard most of this stuff before

That's a homophone. A synonym is a different-sounding word that means the same thing.

How many of youse are from da coal region?

I grew up in the Heights of W-B, in the 60's.. Many of the older people spoke this way. This is a classic video. I get back to "da Valley" very infrequently now, but I haven't heard any Heynabonics in a while. It might be fading out, or perhaps I'm not listening well. My wife makes fun of me - I still say "myan" instead of mine! LOL. Good ole Wyoming Valley / NE PA.

Misericordia class room??

I member I used to say melk and ordered a tray of pizza until I moved out of the area.

What the city council meetings😂

Youz. Forgotz. - I gots a sore chroat. & close Da lites

channel 61???? no bro its channel 16

Moving near Nanitcoke after living in the south all of my adult life. Thank you. I needed this primer.

Sounds like you knew my grandparents! They were from Wilkes Barre. I was born in Nanticoke and have been trying to explain to my sons the beauty of "heyna". They just kind of stare at me. That's what makes it so funny!

Up da Mall Scrant'n heyna da myan melk I hate and love this accent at the same time

It took eleven years for me to find this. Creative and fun. I grew up on the south western boarder of the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania. We had "youse" and "geet". We also had "sayna" instead of "heyna".

This is awesome. So True!

Wow. I never realized I talk like that

Spot on! :)

Why does the US hate us Pennsylvanians?

Brilliant brilliant video. Left NEPA a long time ago. I'm glad dat youse guys still tock like dat.

What did I just watch

What about "overta"? As in "Where's da beer?" It's overta. Like over yonder.

I've been talking that way slit and I'm only a teen

Who is the Margaret that it's dedicated to (at 4:56)?

Are they going to cover phrases like "put near" or "yuins warsh up and et up supper now"

Haha! I'm here from a Facebook thread where we're discussing the slight variations of yins in different areas of PA. I'm from South Central PA. We don't say yus we say yuins and everyone eats hogmaw (hogmog), scrapple, and puddin. Anyone from areas of PA that can contribute about the specific way yins is used or differences in typical cultural foods in your area??

Pennsylvanian variety of Inland Northern American English. Very similar to accents in cities such as Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland & Detroit.

"You'll frighten them! They'll think they're in a place they can't afford!" has to be one the best lines ever