tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111917429751773428.post675557073407958274..comments2012-06-21T19:30:26.891-07:00Comments on Yinzlandia: When do I start saying I'm from here?Hp0http://www.blogger.com/profile/18092985128153148048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111917429751773428.post-43901015688900431532012-01-24T20:29:51.370-08:002012-01-24T20:29:51.370-08:00While I have been in da Burgh for (gasp!) 38 years...While I have been in da Burgh for (gasp!) 38 years, I have not yet been able to say that I am "from" here. Sigh. My sons, on the other hand, were born here and consider themselves forever-Steeler-fans and passionate-Pirate-people, even though they have both moved on to the Right and the Left Coast in the classic Pittsburgh Diaspora model. My younger son can (and does on occasion) speak excellent Yinzer, and my grandson adores his Yappin' Yinzer doll.<br /><br />However, I do admit to giving directions with the phrase "go to where the Isaly's used to be," so does that count?Ellen Detlefsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601376464150440449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111917429751773428.post-29671447235134354292012-01-24T19:26:08.478-08:002012-01-24T19:26:08.478-08:00Woohoo, you're blogging!
It'll be 15 year...Woohoo, you're blogging!<br /><br />It'll be 15 years for me this fall, and while I feel more "from here" than I did, there's still that sense of "outlander" hovering around my shoulders. Maybe it's all in my head?Leigh Anne Vrabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632332469439007529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111917429751773428.post-28711929657628414872012-01-24T19:19:00.920-08:002012-01-24T19:19:00.920-08:00I don't know that I could ever admit I was fro...I don't know that I could ever admit I was from "Baltimore."Hp0https://www.blogger.com/profile/18092985128153148048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111917429751773428.post-19183799785088568842012-01-24T19:15:01.153-08:002012-01-24T19:15:01.153-08:00I have no idea when (if ever) I'll stop saying...I have no idea when (if ever) I'll stop saying I'm from Pittsburgh and say I'm from Baltimore. Then again, not many people can claim they went to high school, college, and grad school within two blocks of each other COMPLETELY NOT BY DESIGN. :-DConstant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773400570805939973noreply@blogger.com