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| Ahia - Ohio |
| Air - there |
| An da - and the |
| Arn - Iron / Iron City |
| Ats - that’s |
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| Babushka - Bandanna |
| Burm - berm - the edge of road near a hillside |
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| Caddy wampusCatty wampus - askew |
| Carline - trolley or streetcar tracks |
| Chipped ham - paper thin sliced / shaved ham |
| Church key - bottle opener |
| City chicken - skewered veal & pork cubes, breaded & fried like chicken |
| Crick - creek |
| Cuttent - could not |
| Cubburd - closet for coats |
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| Da - the |
| Da Burg - Pittsburgh |
| Dahn stree - going out |
| Dahntahn - downtown |
| Dawn - Don…a man’s name |
| Dittent - didn’t |
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| Et - eat |
| Et yet - eat yet |
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| Gumbans - rubber bands |
| Gutchies - underwear |
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| Hoagie - submarine sandwhich |
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| Jag - jack or jerk…as in He’s a jerk off (jag off) |
| Jaynell - J & L Steel, Co. |
| Jynt Igl - Giant Eagle (local grocery) |
| Jumbo - balogna |
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| Kennywood’s Open! - Your fly is unzipped |
| Klondike - ice cream treat that started here, at Isley’s |
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| Mon - the Monongahela River |
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| N’at - and that |
| Nebby - overly curious…nosey |
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| P’toot - bottom - derrier |
| Pensivania - Pennsylvania |
| Pop - Pepsi, Coke, etc. |
| Poke - bag..either paper or cloth or plastic |
| Prolly - probably |
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| Redd up - very light cleaning |
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| Sahside - South Side |
| Sammitches - sandwiches |
| Sharteers Crick - Chartiers Creek |
| Sketti - spaghetti |
| Sliberty - East Liberty (town in Pittsburgh) |
| Slippy - slippery |
| Spicket - tap / faucet / spiggot |
| Stillers - Steelers |
| Stoop - porch |
| Streecar - streetcar |
| Strip - the Strip District ( a wholesale area just off the docks in dahntahn Pittsburgh) |
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| Telepole - telephone pole |
| That’s it, Fort Pitt - that’s all |
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| Wait on - waiting on (as in time) |
| Worsh - wash |
| Worsh Rag - wash rag |
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| Yaint - you are not |
| Yock - the Youghioghenny River |
| Yuge - huge |
| Yunz - you ones / all of you |