Redd Up / Read Up?

[Jimmy Mullan]

At 16:34 1/22/01 -0500, Doug Wilson wrote:
>>"Hey, wee cutty, redd up the flure with thon bizzim fornenst the chumley"
>
>People in Pittsburgh -- and especially in Elizabeth PA -- talk just about
>like that. I'm an immigrant to the area, so I may be a little weak at the
>local dialect, but I'd say:
>
>"Hey, girl, sweep up the floor with that broom over against the chimney."

Bang on, Doug. Guess I'd feel very well at home in Elizabeth PA, if I ever
wanted to feel at home anywhere ;-).
[snip]

>I don't know much about Queens English, since I've never lived in New York.

LOL ;-).
Jimmy