Recent comments in /f/pittsburgh

eyes_like_thunder t1_jee7zp7 wrote

I understand you can't afford a lot, and you're trying your best. But don't surrender your maow in hopes that they'll euthanize. You both deserve to be together until the end. It looks like they allow owner present euthanasias at their north branch-I can't help with travel, but if you get there, I can help pay so you can be with her.

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Cuttlefisher1890 t1_jee7rdt wrote

I bought a house here a little over a year ago and love it. I'm on Miriam street, which is very close to 376. You can hear it outside but honestly not very much?

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gimmedemplants t1_jee5fm3 wrote

It’s a difference in etymological origin. The etymology of “burgh” (with an “h”) is Scottish (the Scottish-English cognate of the English “borough”), while “burg” (without an “h”) is German. Between 1758 and 1890, both spellings of Pittsburgh/Pittsburg were used. In 1890, the federal government was trying to standardize place names, and they made the sweeping decision to drop all H’s from places ending in -burgh, so that they’d end in -burg. As to your point, the population of Pittsburgh in 1890 was 238,000 (page 4 of the Census Bulletin). In many non-federal applications, the “Pittsburgh” spelling was still used. In 1911 (population 533,000 - the downloaded zip file contains a file for PA), due to pressure from the people of Pittsburgh and one of the US senators from PA, the naming board reversed its decision.

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