All My Children Discussion Group

Topic: True Maryland accents

First of all, it's not"Maryland" . . .it's "Murlen". 

And it's not "Baltimore" . . . it's "Bawlmer".

I'll see if I can remember a few more.  

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Yes, each southern state seems to have its own particular accent. /SheilaT

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Posted by: SheilaT
Date posted: Sat Jan 21 15:39:08 2012
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What with the presidential primaries going on, we've been hearing from a lot of residents of Souh Carolina.  But that's not what they call themselves:  they say '"South Ca'lina".  But hey, it's their state; they can call it whatever they want.  Same goes for the residents of North Ca'lina!

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Around here, a lot of us do not pronounce our T's. I don't anybody else pronounces them, I'm kinda curious. I call the word city(ci-dy) for example.T's just sound weird. It just doesn't sound right in most words.

I don't know if anybody else pronounces them that is.(I don't get out very much).

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Posted by: SheilaT
Date posted: Fri Jan 20 17:29:18 2012
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"Ool"  is oil; "amblance" is obviously ambulance,  "wooder" is water, "warsh" is wash, "sharr" is shower, "couwny" is county.  There are many more! 

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omg, I would never understand you.

As I said in the Accent Test topic, I don't talk that way. I speak fairly standard English, a mix beteen Massachsetts and Marryland. I am merely sharing with the group the idiosyncracies of tradition Maryland speech patterns. /SheilaT

Traditional . . .

I speak English right out of the dictionary :)

Of course . . . LOL /SheilaT

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Posted by: Sierra
Date posted: Fri Jan 20 13:02:26 2012
Message:
LOL Sheila, I spend a lot of time in Baltimore because I love the city.  I bought a mug with "Baltimorese" once with Droodle Park for Druid Hill Park, Bawlmer (as you mentioned) and downashore for down the shore (which is also pronounced the same way in Philly).  There were more, but I forget them.

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I've got more . . . see above! /SheilaT

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Posted by: Miss.Bear
Date posted: Fri Jan 20 12:52:11 2012
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That's cute. Since you used to live in Chicago you're probably familiar with carbonated beverages refered to as pop, you probably heard of hoagie rolls, or gym shoes refered to as tennis shoes. Yep, we do all that.

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Here in the state of Washington, we also call it ''pop'' ... eom/Kenara

Yes, I'm very familiar with all those expressions. 'Hoagie', I believe, originated in Philly, right folks from Philly (Wendi, Isis, and others)? /SheilaT

Being from Connecticut we called those sandwiches grinders. YUM! Anita Lyfe eom

Yes, I remember taking our (almost 16 at the time) son north to see my family's home town. he got a kick out of so many New England expressions, including the 'hot oven grinders' and the the 'spa' (a neighborhood snack shop/convenience store) and many more. /SheilaT

Oh yeah, nothing like a Philly hoagie - except maybe a cheesesteak from Pat's - yum! //Wendi

People in the east call there shoes sneakers which just sounds strange to me. I'm sure you think calling them tennis shoes is strange. I'm going to take my tennis shoes off now.

Of course when we pronouce it, it sounds like 'tena-shoes'

I remember in Chicago people calling them 'tennies'. But maybe they don't anymore . . . after all, this was before you were born! /SheilaT

My parents call them 'tennies' sometimes. They're commonly called'tena-shoes'. That's what we call it here.

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