Category: pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Photos

Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

These days, I seem to be the only one around here without a digital camera (though not for a lack of trying). Anyhow, I’ve found that many Dallas-ites have little idea about what Pittsburgh looks like (not that I blame them), and I would have liked to taken some pictures while I was here visiting.

Dave Farber, CMU professor and maintainer of the interesting-people mailing list has placed some of his Christmastime photos of Pittsburgh on his website.

They’re not glamorizing Pittsburgh, and nor are there that many pictures there. But, they give a good idea of the city.

Ride to the Airport?

Ashley Bischoff1 Comment

My flights are booked for visiting Pittsburgh over Christmas, Sunday through Sunday (Dec 22 - 29). Would anyone be able to give me a ride to or from the airport on either of those days?

To Pittsburgh:

  • Northwest Airlines flight 698
  • Depart: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW) - Terminal E, Sun, Dec 22 at 12:30 pm
  • Arrive: Detroit, MI (DTW), Sun, Dec 22 at 4:01 pm
  • Northwest Airlines flight 1914
  • Depart: Detroit, MI (DTW) , Sun, Dec 22 at 4:55 pm
  • Arrive: Pittsburgh, PA (PIT), Sun, Dec 22 at 5:55 pm

Back to Dallas:

  • Northwest Airlines flight 3489
  • Depart: Pittsburgh, PA (PIT), Sun, Dec 29 at 12:00 pm
  • Arrive: Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP), Sun, Dec 29 at 1:26 pm
  • Northwest Airlines flight 405
  • Depart: Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP), Sun, Dec 29 at 3:27 pm
  • Arrive: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW) - Terminal E, Sun, Dec 29 at 6:02 pm

Update: Katie has offered to give me a ride to the airport on Sunday, and Gary may be able to give me a ride back on the following Sunday.

Wifi / 802.11b Hotspots and Maps

Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

I’ll be in the Dallas and Pittsburgh airports over the next few days, so I was curious if either of those airports had 802.11b access. I had a hard time finding information on this, but I eventually crafted the the right search terms to come up with these sites:

Pittsburgh Speech

Ashley Bischoff13 Comments

Via the American Dialect Society’s mailing list, I discovered this CMU site on Pittsburgh Speech & Language.

The site is similar to Pittsburghese.com, but this one includes the etymology for each word as well. For instance:

Jag (as in jag off or jagging around)

Definition: Various forms involving jag have to do with annoying, irritating, teasing, or playing tricks on. To jag someone or jag someone off means to irritate or tease. To jag around means to fool around, goof off. A jagoff is a person who is irritating because of being inept or stupid.

Text example: “I don't know why she keeps jagging me all the time”
—Dictionary of American Regional English, 1968.

Origin: The exact origin of this word is unknown, but the source language is probably Scotch-Irish English. “To jag” means to turn sharply.

And, yes, people really do talk like that in Pittsburgh :-)