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Jawn – The History Of Philadelphia’s Strangest Word

WORDS Posted: March 29, 2016 1:00 pm

“The word ‘jawn’ is unlike any other English word. In fact, according to the experts that I spoke to, it’s unlike any other word in any other language. It is an all-purpose noun, a stand-in for inanimate objects, abstract concepts, events, places, individual people, and groups of people. It is a completely acceptable statement in Philadelphia to ask someone to ‘remember to bring that jawn to the jawn.'”

WORDS Published: 03.24.16

Read the story in Atlas Obscura Published: 03.24.16

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