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Background Notes: Percy's Speech Pattern Quirks
🕑 Added 2024-10-07 19:00:06 +0000 UTCDialect cheat sheet for Percy's speech pattern that I keep on hand when writing him.
Percy Longspear (Mostly ranges from Eastern/Philly PA to Central Southern PA)
More Common:
Getting rid of prepositions such as "with" and "to" (done your dinner versus done with your dinner) (<- Percy's mother is metaphorically trying to beat this habit out of him)
Don't use "to be" verbs (cars need washed = car needs to be washed)
A while = in the meantime, in a little bit, for now (York, Dutch areas)
Adding "then" to end of sentence
Anymore = any longer
Prolly = probably
Quarter of = quarter to/till (quarter of ten)
Cattycorner/cattywampus = diagonally oriented in relation to something "kittycorner"
General split phrasing (ie "Throw the horse over the fence some hay")
Ignorant = rude (Coal region)
Aside = next to/beside ("He's sitting aside of me") (Coal region)
Dippy eggs = runny yolk (Western)
Jagger bush = bush/shrub/vine with thorns (Western)
Daresn't = daren't, dare not (Western)
Again as wide = twice as wide (Penn. Dutch)
Outten the light = turn off the light (Penn. Dutch)
Less Common
Water ice = italian ice
Jimmies = sprinkles
Sliding board = slide
Jawn = it
Tanbark = wood chips, mulch
What for/whatfer? = what kind ("Whatfer milk do you want?")
State store = liquor store
Yous = you guys (Philly)
After = out to get (slasher is after me!)(Coal region)
Afterlater = later (Coal region)
All = empty/done/finished ("Is the milk all?") (Coal region + PA Dutch)
Artics = winter boots (Coal region)
Ate up = eaten a lot "I would've ate up if I knew you were paying" (Coal region)
Plug it out = unplug (Western)
Sweeper = vacuum (Western)
N'at = "and that" ("Picking out some pants n'at") (Western)
n'them" = and them (meeting Jim n'them (Western)
Down (south), Up (north) (Western)
let = left ("The waitress let a menu")
Is it all? = is it empty? (Penn. Dutch)
Onest or say? (random end of sentences) (Penn. Dutch)
