Custom dictionary entries
These dictionary entries supplement APLS’s default dictionary, the Unisyn lexicon for American English. With over 110,000 entries, Unisyn covers the vast majority of the words in any given transcript. These custom entries just fill in the gaps.
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Pittsburgh/SWPA geographic names
- Aliquippa
- Allderdice
- Alvernia
- Ambridge
- Ardmore
- Aspinwall
- Avonworth
- Beechview
- Belmar
- Benedum
- Braddock
- Brashear
- Brereton
- Bridgeville
- Brookline
- Brownsville
- Brushton
- Canonsburg
- Carlow
- Castlegate
- Chalfant
- Crafton
- Crider’s
- Deener
- Eastvale
- Edinboro
- Emsworth
- Fernway
- Filmore
- Glassport
- Glenshaw
- Greensburg
- Hagerstown
- Haine
- Heldman
- Herron
- Homewood
- Idlewild
- Indiantown
- Karns
- Kedron
- Kennard
- Kennywood
- Kittaning
- Larimer
- Lawrenceville
- Leetsdale
- Lemington
- Ligonier
- McArdle
- McCandless
- McKees
- McKeesport
- McKnightmare
- McMunn
- McNaugher
- Milliones
- Millvale
- Mon
- Monessen
- Monroeville
- Montefiore
- Morganza
- Morningside
- Mucklerat
- Murrysville
- Negley
- Northview
- Oakmont
- Ossipee
- Overbrook
- Passavant
- Pennsylvanian
- Pennsylvanians
- Pittsburgher
- Pittsburghers
- Portersville
- Pymatuning
- Rankin
- Redstone
- Renfrew
- Richland
- Ringgold
- Rockville
- S’Liberty
- Sandcastle
- Schenley
- Sewickley
- Shadyside
- Shaler
- Sharpsburg
- Skeetersville
- Spang’s
- Steeler
- Steelers
- Swisshelm
- Swissvale
- Thornberry
- Treesdale
- Uniontown
- Warrendale
- Waynesboro
- Waynesburg
- Wendover
- Wexford
- Whiteside
- Whittier
- Wiley
- Wilkinsburg
- Winebiddle
- Woolslair
- Yost
- Zelie
- Zelienople
Pittsburgh personal names
- Bettis
- Bonilla
- Irvis
- Kaufer
- Krenn
- Kudzma
- Mueller
- Sebak
- Stargell
- Wiggin
Pittsburgh lexicon
- ‘n
- Eat’n
- grinnies
- grinny
- gumband
- gumbands
- N’
- n’at
- nebby
- outen
- outened
- outens
- Pittsburghese
- redd
- redded
- redds
- rench
- renched
- renches
- Trib
- WAMO
- yinz
- yinzer
- yinzers
Company/brand names (local or otherwise)
- Amiesite
- Applebee
- Applebee’s
- Arby’s
- Baba’s
- Blaw-Knox
- C-SPAN
- Chi-Chi
- Cigna
- Cutler-Hammer
- Damico’s
- Donatelli’s
- Dunkin
- Dunkin’
- Foodland
- Groceria
- Gullifty’s
- Heppenstall
- Hermanowski’s
- Highmark
- Isaly’s
- Italiana
- Klavon’s
- Koppers
- Loews
- Lutz’s
- Mariani’s
- McCrory’s
- Mezzanotte
- Panera
- Parma’s
- Pelusi
- Penn-Mac
- Pennysaver
- Poli’s
- Primanti
- Starbucks
- Stroh’s
- Sunseri’s
- Yuengling
- Yuenglings
Unexpected omissions from Unisyn
- afros
- anchorpeople
- anchorwoman
- anchorwomen
- aneurysm
- aneurysms
- artsy
- bachelorette
- bachelorettes
- bacterias
- balled
- balling
- Black-owned
- bling
- busing
- capris
- CD
- CDs
- com
- commodification
- cookout
- cookouts
- cornrow
- cornrows
- dietitian
- dietitians
- disrespected
- disrespecting
- DJ
- DJs
- docent
- docents
- dodgeball
- DVD
- DVDs
- extracurricular
- gelato
- gelatos
- Grier
- gummies
- homeschool
- humongous
- impatien
- impatiens
- jitney
- jitneys
- kickboxer
- kickboxers
- knick
- knicks
- kook
- kooks
- Kwanzaa
- Lakers
- limburger
- maxes
- melding
- minoring
- moonshot
- moonshots
- nonscientific
- outdoorsman
- partier
- phys
- pierogi
- pierogie
- pierogies
- podiatrist
- popsicle
- popsicles
- pre
- rec
- reface
- refacing
- righty
- rotaries
- segue
- Septembers
- Slovenians
- St
- stepdad
- stepdads
- stepkid
- stepkids
- stepsibling
- stepsiblings
- stogie
- stogies
- tarp
- tarps
- townie
- transracial
- unironically
- uppity
- webcam
- webcams
- worldview
- worldviews
- y’all
- y’alls
Other
- babushka
- babushkas
- Blige
- bro
- co-ed
- co-own
- co-owns
- coanchor
- coanchors
- collab
- craneman
- Ec
- grandpap
- grandpaps
- heart-shaped
- homie
- homies
- hoodie
- hoodies
- Juneteenth
- Limbaugh
- locally-owned
- Mawr
- McGruder
- meister
- mic
- microbrew
- microbrews
- mics
- nickelodeons
- Pittsburghy
- reeducation
- rollerskate
- rollerskated
- rollerskates
- rollerskating
- Sambo
- scaredy
- Shaka
- Shawntae
- sociolinguists
- sucky
- there’re
- treaters
- underwears
- wouldn’t’ve
- Zehner
Allowable colloquial spellings
- ‘nother
- ‘til
- I’mma
- tryna
Allowable interjections
- ahh
- aw
- jeez
- mmm
- nah
- oo
- woohoo
Tilde codes
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