Sunday, April 27, 2008

What happened to my speech?

Sloppy English. That should be the term to describe the dilect of Baltimoreans. Garbled words.

"Poh Lease"- What comes to get you when you break the law
"Wadder"- What's in the Patterson Park Pool in the summer
"Cow Knee"- Where property taxes are cut in half
"Marr"- Lady in charge of the city
"Bald E More" - Where we live
"Wad-you-do-en" - What you ask to see what is going on
"axing a fool"- when you make a fool out of yourself
"Sha-er"- gets you clean
"Man tal aty"- state of Baltimoreans mind
"Sto"- where to shop
"Dawg"- enemy to the cat
"Far"- what firefighters battle with water
"Acts somebody" - what you have to do when you are lost.......