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To: flintsilver7

Hayna is a NEPA (Scranton) expression that means “isn’t it” or ‘ain’t it”, to signify agreement at the end of a sentence. Sometimes it’s said “hayna or no”


39 posted on 11/22/2007 6:41:55 AM PST by sobieski
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To: sobieski

Well then count that as a new one for me. I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and, pronounced phoenetically, “hayna” meant just about anything. I believe it was a short and heavily accented version of “hey now.”


50 posted on 11/22/2007 7:59:52 AM PST by flintsilver7
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