“Bringing the Word Straight to You”

Podcasts from the Pittsburgh Speech and Society Project

Podcasts (mp3)

• chipped ham

• dahntahn

• grinny

• kolbasa

• nebby

• needs washed

• pop

• redd up

• stillerz

• yinz

Producer and Director: Barbara Johnstone

Assistant Director: Thomas D. Mitchell

Scriptwriter: Dan Baumgardt

Researchers: Dan Baumgardt, Barbara Johnstone

Audio Producer: Don Neumuller

Audio Production Assistant: Barbara R. Neumuller

Performers: Allan Becer, Kelly B. Delaney, Barbara Johnstone, Scott F. Kiesling, Connie Placone, and other participants in the Pittsburgh Speech and Society Project.

Music: The NewLanders, “Run, Johnny, Run,” from Where the Allegheny Flows. Used with permission.

Examples: From interviews conducted for the Pittsburgh Speech and Society Project. Used with permission. (Consent forms are on file in the Department of English, Carnegie Mellon University.)

Webmaster: Mark A. Thompson

Special thanks to:

• Brian Buttko (Klondikes, Chipped Ham, and Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly’s. Stackpole Books, 2001)

• Peter Gilmore
• Paula Purnell

This project was made possible by: U.S. National Science Foundation Collaborative Research award nos. BCS0417684 and BCS-0417657