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Posted on 08/20/2003 5:48:28 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
1. Grachki (grach'-key) is Chicago for "Garage Key" as in, "Yo, Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if don't git intada grach?''
2. Uptadaendada (up-ta-da-en'-dada) as in, "Joey, you kin ride yur bike uptadaendada alley but not acrost or I'll bust yur butt..."
3. Sammich. Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a sassage sammich; with shredded beef, it's an Italian beef sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a perilously soggy bun.
4. Da. The definite article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "da tree bears" or "da Mare" -- the latter denoting, or as long as he wants it to, Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's often known.
5. Jewels. Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular appellation for one of the region's dominant grocery chains, to wit, "I'm goin' to da Jewels to pick up some sassage." As in most Chicago pluralizations, the "S" is pronounced with a hissing sound, rather than the usual "Z" sound of American pluralization.
6. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Also Carson Pirie Scott, a major department store chain, is called "Carson's," etc.
7. Tree. The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only got tree inches of snow da udder night"
8. Prairie. A vacant lot, especially one on which weeds are growing.
9. Over by dere. i.e. "over by there," a prolix way of emphasizing a site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at da Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere.'
10. KaminskiPark. Perhaps the high concentration of ethnic Poles makes people want the White Sox to be playing in this mythical ballpark, rather than in their true home, Cellular Field formerly known as Comiskey Park.
11. Frunchroom as in, "Getottada frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes.'' It's not the "parlor." It's not the "living room." In the land of the bungalow, it's the "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe, from "front room."
12. Use. Not the verb but the plural pronoun "you". "Where's use goin'?"
13. Downtown. Anywhere south of the zoo and north of Soldier Field near the lake.
14. BoysTown: A section on Halsted Ave., between Belmont and Addison, which is lined with gay bars on the west and east sides of the street. "Didn't I see uze in Boystown in front of da Manhole?"
15. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "gimme a braht wit kraut"
16. Cashbox: Traffic reporter slang for tollbooths. "Dere's a delay at da cashbox on da Skyway"
17. Goes: Past or present tense of the verb "say." For example, "Then he goes, 'I like this place'!"
18. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each individual's gender.
19. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "what kinda pop you got?"
20. Sliders: Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle, a popular Midwestern burger chain "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da runs"
21. The Taste: The annual Taste of Chicago Festival, a huge extravaganza in Grant Park featuring samples of Chicagoland's fine cuisine. Takes place around and before the Fourth of July holiday.
22. "Jieetyet": this is used to ask "did you eat yet"?
23. Winter and Construction: Punch-line to the joke, "what are the two seasons in Chicago?"
Does this?
Many afternnons were spent falling off to sleep
hearing that song played during a Cubs game.....
Then Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau would
come back from commercial just to wake me up again..LOL
Lou Boudreau would WAKE you up?!
He made Perry Como look hyper!
;^)
I had a personal confrontation with Brickhouse, and never
really got over it. He was one of the cheapest people I ever met.
I got one better (although I went to high school with Score evening host Tommy Williams); I remember when that was WMAQ, and I even remember when it was a COUNTRY station!
Damm! where did you dig that up... I thought I was the only one to remember Clutch Cargo cartoons... (with the funky lips)
And here's one that'll really get you scratching your head...
I was a little kid in So.Cal and saw this watching Sheriff John & Engineer Bill
Now does anyone remember a cartoon call Colonel Bleep.? ...
The guy had a space ship and this paint ...Mars Red, Venus Blue, Jupiter Orange.. etc... if you painted the space ship that color it would fly there
It's not the burger, it's the five holes they punch in 'em.
The Old Commander. "A swiiing . . . and a miss. . . ."
Contrast Elson with his partner, Red Rush. "That Gonnella--it'sa swella, fella!"
"DuhVAAHN AAvinyuh." Hey, that was "my" street! 6400 north. I lived on the 6400 block of Maplewood (between 2500-2600 west). The half-mile of Devon between Western (2400 west) and California (2800 west) was all Jewish businesses when I was growing up in the '50s and '60s. Now it's all Indian and Pakistani. Devon Avenue has been called "the United Nations of Chicago."
Everybody knows streets by what hundred north or west or south it is. Ya gotta know your hundreds. Every "400" is a half-mile and another main street. I still can tell you the name of every "400" street on the north side, all the way from downtown to Evanston, and every 400 west from the lake to Harlem.
Then ya got yer diagonals: Lincoln, Milwaukee Ave., Elston. . . .
..on the southside, Odgen Ave., Archer Ave., Columbus, and didn't North State do an oblique from State St., and what about going the other way, Grand Ave.? Geeze, it's been a while.
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