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* [[ | * Regional Brands | ||
* [ | ** [https://www.herrs.com/ Herr's] potato chips | ||
** [https://www.tastykake.com/ Tastycake] snack cakes | |||
** [https://www.wawa.com/ WaWa], you gottahava wawa! | |||
** [https://www.yuengling.com/ Yuengling] beer | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_English Regional Dialect] | |||
** Jawn: An all purpose noun akin to 'Smurf' or 'Thingamajig'. It can be a person, a place, or a thing. | |||
** Youse: Akin to the south's 'y'all' or Pitsburgh's 'yinz'. | |||
** Wooder: What you bathe with, drink from a fountain, and catch fish from. Spelled 'water'. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Philadelphia Regional Food & Drink] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesesteak Cheesesteak], Wiz Wit | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich#Hoagie Hoagie] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_roll Pork roll] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel#Pennsylvania Soft Pretzel], figure 8 shaped with mustard | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple Scrapple] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli_(food) Stromboli] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_ice Water Ice], particularly from Rita's | |||
* Regional Sports Teams | * Regional Sports Teams | ||
** [https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/ Philadelphia Eagles] - Football (NFC) | ** [https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/ Philadelphia Eagles] - Football (NFC) |
Latest revision as of 08:45, 27 February 2020
- Regional Brands
- Regional Dialect
- Jawn: An all purpose noun akin to 'Smurf' or 'Thingamajig'. It can be a person, a place, or a thing.
- Youse: Akin to the south's 'y'all' or Pitsburgh's 'yinz'.
- Wooder: What you bathe with, drink from a fountain, and catch fish from. Spelled 'water'.
- Regional Food & Drink
- Cheesesteak, Wiz Wit
- Hoagie
- Pork roll
- Soft Pretzel, figure 8 shaped with mustard
- Scrapple
- Stromboli
- Water Ice, particularly from Rita's
- Regional Sports Teams
- Philadelphia Eagles - Football (NFC)
- Philadelphia Phillies - Baseball (NL)
- Philadelphia Flyers - Hockey (EC)
- Philadelphia 76ers - Basketball (AD)
- Philadelphia Union - Soccer (EC)