As much as some sports fans may not realize, referees are people too! Much like everyone else, referees can come from all over and have certain, regional accents as a result.
Take this Pennsylvania high school football referee, who is so committed to never pronouncing a “W” he’s been hailed as “the ultimate yinzer referee” across the internet.
Now if you’ll excuse us, we’ll be practicing to make sure we never call them anything but “first dahns.”
The ultimate yinzer referee
FIRST DAHN pic.twitter.com/Zh0vZfjE1x
— Jake Mysliwczyk (@jake_mysliwczyk) October 21, 2023