Editing Western Pennsylvania English (section)

==Notable lifelong speakers==
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* [[Kurt Angle]]
* [[Myron Cope]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Hundt|first=Brad|date=November 22, 2024|title=Myron Cope recalled in a new biography co-written by Mt. Lebanon native|url=https://www.observer-reporter.com/living/entertainment-2/2024/nov/22/myron-cope-recalled-in-a-new-biography-co-written-by-mt-lebanon-native/|work=[[Observer–Reporter]]|access-date=March 24, 2025|quote=with a Pittsburgh accent as thick as a bowlful of pierogies}}</ref>&nbsp;– Cope's colorful vocabulary added dozens of words to the dialect, including his most famous, "Yoi!"
* [[Billy Gardell]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Loeffler|first=William|date=July 21, 2010|title=Performing back home no joke for Billy Gardell|url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/performing-back-home-no-joke-for-billy-gardell/|work=TribLIVE|publisher=Trib Total Media|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref> &nbsp;– Although he grew up some of the time away from the city, Gardell sports a heavy Pittsburgh accent.
* [[John Kasich]]<ref>{{cite interview|last=Dent|first=Charlie|subject-link=Charlie Dent|date=April 25, 2016|title=Congressman Charlie Dent Throws Support Behind John Kasich|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/04/25/charlie-dent-supports-john-kasich|work=[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here & Now]]|interviewer-last=Hobson|interviewer-first=Jeremy|interviewer-link=Jeremy Hobson|location=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=WBUR|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Michael Keaton]]
* [[Billy Mays]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Kalson|first=Sally|date=April 28, 2009|title=McKees Rocks' Billy Mays has a 'pahrful' career as a pitchman|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2009/04/28/McKees-Rocks-Billy-Mays-has-a-pahrful-career-as-a-pitchman/stories/200904280210|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|publisher=Block Communications|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Pat McAfee]]
* [[Arnold Palmer]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Sirak|first=Ron|date=October 6, 2016|title=Goodbye to the King: Arnold Palmer Goes Home One Last Time|url=https://www.ronsirak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnoldpalmer.pdf|access-date=April 17, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Trent Reznor]]
* [[Fred Rogers]]<ref>{{cite news|author=<!-- "Chicago Tribune" -->|date=February 21, 1993|title='MR. ROGERS' MAKES LONGEVITY LOOK LIKE KIDS' STUFF|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/02/21/mr-rogers-makes-longevity-look-like-kids-stuff/|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Publishing
|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref> &nbsp;– Rogers' accent is an example of the softer variation of the accent that was spoken by the middle class of the era that he grew up in.
* [[Art Rooney]]
* [[Dan Rooney]]