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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

One that may be peculiar to PA is "sliding board." When my Western-PA sister-in-law called to tell me my nephew broke his leg on the sliding board, I knew what she was talking about. When I told the story to non-PA parents of toddlers, every one of them said, "What's a sliding board?"

(It's a slide. I don't know why PA'ers sometimes add -ing board, but we do)

we called it a sliding board.

several sayings down here have made me wonder at times...

hosepipe. it's just a hose

call out the dogs-i had to ask, apparently that means throw a party.


and of course the worst of all-'fixing to'. bizarre use of words imo.