Hey, Youse Guys!

A primer on the pronoun from my hometown of Philadelphia.

George Washington contemplates freedom, vowels and the Philadelphia accent outside Independence Hall.

In next week’s Lexicon Valley episode on Philadelphia English (stay tuned!), I focus on vowels, because they are what stick out the most in our sense of whether someone’s Philly accent is “real” or not. However, as you might guess, there are other neat things about Philly English.