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How to talk right in Chicago
August 20, 2003
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Posted on 08/20/2003 5:48:28 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: brewcrew
True story -- we moved to the northernmost suburb (Meewalkee) in 1986. Went to register the car. Had to drive around the block four times to find a parking spot. Lady in front of me kept stopping in front of one house, honking her horn at an old man sitting on 'da stoop.'
Finally, on trip number four, she got out of her car, went up to him and said, "Otto, didn't 'ya see me honkin'?
I must have told that to a dozen Meewalkeeans, and none of them saw anything wrong with what she said... Go figure...
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:37:51 PM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(The Law of Unintended Consequences - No Good Deed Shall Go Unpunished.)
To: Chi-townChief
If I had to listen to that dingy 'Fargo' cop talk all day, I'd have to punch her!
Ahm wolkin' heah!
To: tiamat
i don't care what you say! i LOVE White Castles! Everybody LOVES White Castles!(and everybody pays the price)
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:38:18 PM PDT
by
X-FID
( The police aren't in the streets to create disorder; they are in the streets to preserve disorder.)
To: Lazamataz
aight aready, jeez putasock init!!
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:38:27 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: Chi-townChief
Fun at the old ballpark:
"Ahhh, dem lousy Cubs! Dey ain't got nuttin'!"
"Sheesh, make da lousy play, fer cryin' out loud!"
"Whatta dey dooin' out dere?!"
To: Chi-townChief
16-inch: Softball, Chicago style. No 12-inch girlie balls with gloves. Gloves are for sissies. "Hey, ya wanna play some 16-inch?"
To: Milwaukee_Guy
I must have told that to a dozen Meewalkeeans, and none of them saw anything wrong with what she said...Needer do I, aina?
;^D
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:52:09 PM PDT
by
brewcrew
To: mhking
I remember seeing John Lee Hooker on Maxwell Street.
Very cool....
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:52:30 PM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(The Law of Unintended Consequences - No Good Deed Shall Go Unpunished.)
To: Chi-townChief; habs4ever
Disisgretchayaknaw!
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:53:58 PM PDT
by
Molly Pitcher
(Is Reality Optional?)
To: Chi-townChief
ROTFLOL! For the first several years of my life, the TV was in the Frunchroom! Thanks so much for the laugh :-)
The Hen= The White Hen convenience store (okay, probably more suburban than city, but whatever)
A former Southsider, always a Polack, who just today was very much craving some down home 'Talian Sassage Sammiches.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:54:42 PM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(Used to live in Blue Island, former Polish/Italian neighborhood)
To: Chi-townChief
Soda: A drink made with ice cream, purchased at a soda fountain. Not to be confused with "pop" (which may also be called "soda pop").
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:56:16 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(Here in St. Louis they say "soda" when they mean "pop.")
To: X-FID
Everybody LOVES White Castles!(and everybody pays the price)Truer words were never spoken! I have to have some when we visit. ONCE. Okay, maybe twice :-)
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:57:29 PM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(Used to live in Blue Island, former Polish/Italian neighborhood)
To: Chi-townChief
Icebox: A refrigerator.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:58:04 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(My house had an actual icebox on the back porch.)
To: Chi-townChief
Bungalows, two-flats, and three-flats: The houses and apartments in which Chicagoans live.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:59:39 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(I lived in a bungalow next to a two-flat. There was a gangway in between.)
To: Chi-townChief
Loved that Garfield Goose!
After 25 years in Michigan, after being born and raised on the East Side, my hubby and daughter still tease me everytime I say "Fawggy" like it's foggy out, or "sawsage".
BTW I saw Soldiers Field this summer, whoever did that should be arrested.
To: prairiebreeze
"Italian Beef" rocks!
Tia
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:00:59 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Charles Henrickson
Here in St. Louis they say "soda" when they mean "pop."When I moved to St. Louis and started my new job, everybody poked so much fun at me for calling a "soda", a "pop".
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:01:19 PM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(Used to live in Blue Island, former Polish/Italian neighborhood)
To: Lurker
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:02:46 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: carlo3b
Heaping Italian beef ping.
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:04:36 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(Didn't you post an Italian beef recipe once?)
To: Marie Antoinette
Just make sure you NEVER try the 'jalepeno slider', even though it is tasty.
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:04:47 PM PDT
by
X-FID
( The police aren't in the streets to create disorder; they are in the streets to preserve disorder.)
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