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MikeH posted:
JBuettner posted:

With all the recent posts, threads, and worries, I just wanted to warn those in the Baltimore area about the zink pest.

(Note: Only those familiar with Bawlmerese might get this.)

 

My mom's side is all of German descent from southern Illinois and St. Louis.  They all say "zink".  I figured it was a German thing.

Mike - I zink you may be correct   Then again a true Baltimorian calls there city " Balimer"

In Baltimore they pronounce tires as "tars". I grew up in the part of town called "Hollentown" (Highlandtown). Something else that sets Baltimore apart is the use of the word "Hon" as a form of address between strangers.

The only time I ever heard an actor in a movie pronounce "Bawlmer" correctly was in "The Sting" - the gent portraying Curley Jackson. 

I am more familiar with drinkn wordor in Wulminon DE. 

Wulminon is spoken by rural original Delawarians in slower DE below the canal.

Never forget when I was in Arizona someone hearing me speak asked if I was from Delaware.  I said no, Philly, they said that was their second guess.   Say what??

I work for a Georgia based company and occasionally need to ask them to repeat what they said.

Many years ago they mentioned their calculations based on a sly drool.  All I could do was laugh.

Long ago I realized that Everyone from Everywhere Else talks funny. Balimer (been there) is particularly odd. I love the "vacationing downey ocean" bit.

Around here we always get a kick out of the Yankees who ask for "pee-can" pie (it's "p'cahn", darlin'). I can only imagine what a "pee-can" is. Ew. (Now, farther West, in Louisiana, it's "p'cawn".)

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