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Yinz is a Pittsburgh and Pennsyltucky thing
Genuine question. What is the "tucky" in pennsyltucky? Is it somehow tied to Kentucky?
Yeah, it's the area south of Pittsburgh near WV, why is it called Pennsyltucky instead of Pennsylvirginia? No idea.
But, it's more of a "here be hillbillies" thing, especially when compared to the rest of the state.
Not just the area south - basically all the area in between the two cities. And yeah, it's basically like saying "once you're out of the cities, you might as well be in Kentucky."
Kentucky = Hicks
I was editing an Irish comedy recently which used "yinz" and "yiz" a lot.
Wow, this is news to me. How does a new word get the s to change to a z like that??