Archive for November 29th, 2011

State College reminded that bear patrols don’t pay for themselves

November 29, 2011, filed under PSU/Happy Valley, Pennsylvania; No Comments.
Tags: ,

I think residents of the borough of State College may be rethinking their shortsighted decision to not enact a bear tax. No tax = no bear patrol.
State College police follow black bear out of downtown without incident – CDT
There he goes again, seeking out food or perhaps employment. It was barely 4 years ago that [...]

A look at Pennsylvania dialects

, filed under Arts and Culture, Pennsylvania; No Comments.
Tags:

Pennsylvania’s dialects are as varied as its downtowns — and dahntahns – Patriot-News
The bottom line is few kitchen tables can be as linguistically cluttered as a Pennsylvania table when the family comes to town.
Based solely upon pronunciation and grammar, researchers generally split the United States into a number of linguistic regions. Those regions come together [...]

Switch to our mobile site