ya can't beat that with a stick!: a positive response, an addition onto the common "you can't beat that".

ya f*** ya!: exclamation of surprise, many times used when slightly angry at someone.

Yatesy: someone from Yatesville, a patch outside of Shendo (see patch)

yella: color. 

"The banana is yella."

yer: you or your. 

"Yer not shittin!" or "Is that yer kort?"

Yer fulla canal water!: you're kidding" 

 "you don't know what you're talking about."

yet: often used instead of "still"

"Is that store still there?"

"Is that store there yet?"

Ying Yang: No, not peace and harmony, but Yuengling, America's oldest brewery. Brewers of damn fine beer. See Yuengling Brewery.

"Do they sell Ying Yang in kortz?" 

yiz'll: you (plural) will; see "youse" below 

"If Stan gets pissed, yiz'll know it!"

yo: various usages for adding emphasis, reflexive pronoun, attention getter, etc. "Ain't, yo." Often accompanied by "Hey", as in "Hey! <pause> Yo!" Also, many times kids would stand outside someone's house and yell  The object was to get the friend's attention to see if they could come out to play. This was done instead of knocking or ringing the doorbell.

"Yo Bob-BIEEEEE" 

"Yo Tom-MEEEEEEEE" (accent on the second syllable).

Yo! Come around!: This is a cry often heard on the street corners of the coal region. It is directed toward the occupants of a "cruising" car. It means: Break free of the cruising rank and file on your next pass and talk to the Cryer.

yonko: another derogatory name usually directed at people of Eastern European descent. See also hunky.

yooj: huge. 

"I caught a yooj fish in the crick, but I left it go."

Yook OR Yookie: See Euclid

Yook-a-rayne-yun OR Yook-a-rainy-un: Ukrainian nationality, another Eastern European ethnic group

Youz tree are a pair OR Da tree a yiz are a pair: No correlation to anything in the English language. 

"Yo, what da f*** are yiz doin wit dat?" 

"Youz tree are a pair!"

youze, yuz, yooz, AND yiz: plural of you. Very Popular coal region term. This is the equivalent to "y'all" in the Southern U.S. The Pittsburgh form of this term is "you-ins" or "yunz"; y'all or yunz are never used in the Coal Region. 

"Hey, whad'r youze doin' over dere??" 

"Do yooz wanna go for some kortz?"

 "How're yiz doin, yo?" 

"What're youz guys up to?"

Zehners: a patch of houses between South Tamaqua and West Penn

Zion Grove: on Route 339 north of Ringtown. Means "Heaven's Garden". According to many coal region people "the most beautiful spot on Earth".

Zulu-land: what folks in Mahanoy City affectionally called people from Shendo.