Pittsburgh AccentPittsburgh accents are sometimes called "Yinzer" accents because of the common usage of "yinz" or "yinz guys" to describe a group (much like "y'all" in varieties of American Southern. This'll make you ready to head dahntahn and cheer fer da Stillers! |
Pittsburgh Accent Learning Materials
- The Pittsburgh accent materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning the accent, using the text, as well as a number of recordings of native speakers. Jim gathered these recordings traveling to Pittsburgh - bringing the experience back to you in this download.
- You'll get four versions of the written materials: a PDF file to print or read on a standard computer, a large-format PDF for portable reading devices, and MOBI for Kindle and EPUB for other portable readers.
- This accent is appropriate for productions of The Chief and other plays. You also hear it from people like comedian Dennis Miller and long-time Steelers announcer Myron Cope.
- The Pittsburgh accent is influenced by other Pennsylvania accents, such as Pennsylvania Dutch, and there are some elements of Southern accents infusing it as well. You may find it has a lot of similarities to other Great Lakes accents, such as the accent of Chicago.
Audio files (94.1MB, 98 minutes)
- Intro to Sound Placement, Intonation and Helpful Hints (5:38)
- Consonant changes for learning a Pittsburgh accent (16:22)
- Vowel sound changes for the Pittsburgh accent (9:09)
- changes in Diphthongs for speaking Pittsburghese (8:12)
- Alternate Pronunciations for words in a Pittsburgh accent (4:27)
- Wrap up to learning a Pittsburgh accent (1:56)
- Uptown Pittsburgh Male reading (1:03)
- + his conversation (8:08)
- Shady Side Pittsburgh Female reading (1:15)
- + her conversation (7:06)
- Mt. Washington Pittsburgh Female conversation (7:04)
- South Side - Brookline Pittsburgh Male reading (:48)
- + his conversation (6:38)
- Mt. Washington Pittsburgh Female reading (1:02)
- + her conversation (3:15)
- Mt. Washington Pittsburgh Male reading (1:15)
- + his conversation (6:56)
- Overbrook Pittsburgh Female reading (1:07)
- + her conversation (6:34)
Most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.
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