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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

A lot of the old city regional accents were based on the Irish accent. “Da,” (The) “Tirty Tird and Tird” (Thirty Third and Third Street). Alas, it’s being displaced by other accents.


37 posted on 08/18/2017 6:33:12 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

Yes, the Daley’s, especially Richard the First, were good examples of that.


54 posted on 08/18/2017 10:00:35 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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