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'''Pennsyltucky''' is a [[slang]] word used by [[Pennsylvania]] residents to refer to the rural part of the state outside the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] and [[Philadelphia]] [[metropolitan area]]s, more specifically applied to the mountainous central region. At times the term is used to describe all of Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. The word is a [[portmanteau]] constructed from "Pennsylvania" and "[[Kentucky]]", implying a similarity between the rural parts of the two states. It can be used in either a [[pejorative]] or an [[affection]]ate sense. |
'''Pennsyltucky''' is a [[slang]] word used by [[Pennsylvania]] residents to refer to the rural part of the state outside the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] and [[Philadelphia]] [[metropolitan area]]s, more specifically applied to the mountainous central region. At times the term is used to describe all of Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. The word is a [[portmanteau]] constructed from "Pennsylvania" and "[[Kentucky]]", implying a similarity between the rural parts of the two states. It can be used in either a [[pejorative]] or an [[affection]]ate sense. |
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Revision as of 21:48, 3 August 2007
Pennsyltucky is a slang word used by Pennsylvania residents to refer to the rural part of the state outside the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, more specifically applied to the mountainous central region. At times the term is used to describe all of Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. The word is a portmanteau constructed from "Pennsylvania" and "Kentucky", implying a similarity between the rural parts of the two states. It can be used in either a pejorative or an affectionate sense.
This term is interchangeable with the slang term, "The T", used primarily in political circles (i.e. "Winning the T"), because of the shape of the area of Pennsylvania when excluding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. "The T" is considered politically correct over "Pennsyltucky" when referring to potential voters.[1]
Philadelphia in the southeast corner and Pittsburgh in the southwest corner are urban manufacturing centers, with the "t-shaped" remainder of the state being much more rural; this dichotomy affects state politics as well as the state economy.[2]