Pittsburghers Elevate Our State to National Nebbiness Bronze Medal

If you are newer to Pittsburgh, you might not yet be fully versed in our distinctive regional dialect.  Don't fret, lovelies. There is a dictionary. Made famous nationally on the Kroll Show or Late Night with Seth Myers, Pittsburghese is best captured visually by Ron Magnes' artwork, which hangs in our Bakery Square office.

Nebby (nosy) is one of those iconic Pittsburgh words.  Iconic enough to have made it into enough official dictionaries to fill a haus dahn near where Poli's used to be with pierogies 'n at!   If you want an official, musical explanation of the word, consider this WDVE morning radio masterpiece from our childhood.  Even the Pokemon character of the same name is made of steel!

But Pittsburghese is not just a way of speaking, friends. It's a way of life! 

The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors recently made our week with this gem. Pennsylvania is the 3rd nosiest state in the US (tied with Kentucky, following Michigan - #1 for the mitten - and South Carolina).  OK, you might be thinking now... we know Steeler pride puts us over the top in love of the game, but nosiness?

“However, despite being a state with a high nosiness score, Pennsylvania is home to the third least nosy city [nationally]: Philadelphia. With a score of 74.9, Philly’s neighbors are significantly less nosy than neighbors in Memphis, Louisville and Detroit – the top three nosiest cities.”

Which leaves only one real conclusion, folks -- Pittsburghers' nebbiness put us in the champions circle of this esteemed prize. Thanks to all of yinz for being so $*(%*( curious.  Now quit yer yappin - I gotta go dahn the street and see what all the fuss is abaht!