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The Pittsburghers will be the better for being near him.
ROB NEYER’S BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL LEGENDS ROB NEYER 2008
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Pittsburghers have peeled the once-ubiquitous "Big Ben 7" stickers off their bumpers, banned their children from wearing his jerseys or simply dumped the expensive uniform tops in the rubbish.
Fans in Pittsburgh fed up with Big Ben, but Steelers stuck with QB 2010
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It reminded Pittsburghers of the 1960 World Series when Mazeroski's walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth destroyed the all-powerful Yankees.
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Pittsburghers are unable or unwilling to pronounce the long "e" sound.
Packer vs. Steeler speak: How to talk Super Bowl Jane Elizabeth 2011
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Moule didn't have a problem with the secrecy and considered the light turnout a sign Pittsburghers were content to let the Roethlisbergers have their space on their big day.
Ben Roethlisberger <![CDATA[&]]> Ashley Harlan's Wedding (PHOTOS) 2011
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*: Since this shift only applies to vowels before anl orr, Pittsburghers pronounce the vowels insmile andsmite differently.
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My hometown of Pittsburgh has this too, as I found out reading a poem about the game in which the Terrible Towel (the original rally towel, which Pittsburghers wave at Steeler games, Olympic award ceremonies, weddings, births, presidential inaugurations, etc.) debuted:
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The number of Pittsburghers aged 75 and over increased from 25,333 in 2006 to 26,345 in 2007.
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This is why Pittsburghers sometimes write “dahntahn” for downtown.
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The Civic Arena They point to all it's given Pittsburghers: a Beatles concert, Billie Jean King tennis matches, some of the greatest hockey games of all time—including the one in 1989 when Mr. Lemieux had five goals and three assists against the Philadelphia Flyers.
An Eyesore to Some, 'Pittsburgh's Parthenon' Still Has Fans James R. Hagerty 2011
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