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harbison215 t1_j9hxkah wrote

Reply to comment by starboardbaby in Pizza Jawn’s owners are buying a Manayunk bar, which will be called Bar Jawn by Brahette

Nobody from Philly actually uses the word jawn unless they have a Percocet addiction and have been in CFCF

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sandwichpepe t1_j9i04jk wrote

bruh i hear it everyday from many different people tf you talking about??

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harbison215 t1_j9i06pa wrote

What part of the city?

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sandwichpepe t1_j9i0efy wrote

everywhere i go? i live in north, ride the train, work in cc and hear it all the time. one of my friends grew up in west oak lane and uses it constantly

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harbison215 t1_j9i1jm8 wrote

I’m in the northeast, port Richmond, fishtown, south Philly. Never hear it unless it’s, like I said, some wanna be.

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sandwichpepe t1_j9i2412 wrote

that might be why, jawn is largely a black philadelphian thing

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harbison215 t1_j9i2de0 wrote

Well, in my experience it’s not the white Philadelphians who are using it, maybe the transplants pick it up but I don’t have many friends that came from outside of philly. For what it’s worth, I listen to sports talk radio just about everyday and I don’t recall many of the host or callers ever using it, no matter white or black, unless they are specifically talking about the word itself.

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starboardbaby t1_j9i5iit wrote

I’m born and raised in Philly, still live here and go to Temple, and I did hear jawn organically used among (white) native Philadelphians growing up. I was in high school when jawn started really being co-opted by wannabes/transplants/businesses so it stopped being cool with natives then. When my parents were kids in Philly growing up they used jawn but not as frequently as you’d think

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starboardbaby t1_j9i5pdp wrote

This is among white people from South Philly/Roxborough primarily btw

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harbison215 t1_j9i5vik wrote

I was born and raised in philly in 1983, originally juniata Frankford and then far northeast. Spent a lot of time in other neighborhoods. The word obviously existed and still exists in the Philadelphia lexicon, but it certainly isn’t used enough in any real sense to be considered some gem of local vocabulary. It’s hardly used seriously outside of the deep inner city. That’s why someone using it in this way has most of the responses here as “cringe.”

You were born and raised here, so you recognize how it’s use has become somewhat unorganic, especially in this context.

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starboardbaby t1_j9igni9 wrote

Yeah even kids I know at Temple that aren’t from this area at all use it because it’s plastered everywhere and they think it’s “Philly slang”. Definitely more inorganic now among inner city people esp in the past few years.

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famouspieceofshit t1_j9i1dek wrote

Yea he on all bullshit lol

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harbison215 t1_j9i1ott wrote

Na just from different neighborhoods. It’s not that big of a word where I’m at. Not since the 90s at least or unless you’re 35 and act like you’re 16 still

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famouspieceofshit t1_j9i2f6x wrote

You said nobody from philly says it should have just said the neighborhoods eagles season ticket holder here and you hear that shit from the tailgate to the last whistle of the game …… word is alive and well

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harbison215 t1_j9i38ql wrote

I rarely hear it used seriously. I don’t see it used seriously on Facebook, I don’t hear it used seriously on WIP sports talk radio and that would come from a wide range of callers from all different parts of the city. It’s def a philly word, it always has been. I just don’t really believe anyone from here would consider it a word to seriously name their business after. I mean someone has so what do I know?

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