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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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Chicago 'slanguage'

I believe it was Rey who mentioned (on that 'other' thread!) a girl he knew on Paulina Street here in Chicagoland, and I decided to do some looking around on the Net at the way English is spoken in this part of America. Paulina Street even gets a mention at this site:

http://www.slanguage.com/chicago.html

If you're interested in some of the oddities in the English spoken round here where I live, well, it's quite an interesting site.

-- Christopher

http://alt-usage-english.org/AUE_gallery/chris_johnson.html
  

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) a girl he knew on Paulina Street here in ... [/nq] You aren't a native Chicagoan are you?

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  • ) a girl he knew on Paulina Street here in ...
  • [/nq] You aren't a native Chicagoan are you?
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[nq:1]I believe it was Rey who mentioned (on that 'other' thread!) a girl he knew on Paulina Street here in ... in some of the oddities in the English spoken round here where I live, well, it's quite an interesting site.[/nq]
You aren't a native Chicagoan are you?
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[nq:1]The second clue is the web page reference. I doubt you heard any native Chicagoans speaking in the manner illustrated. ... RJ can provide a much better caricature of Chicago's peculiar speech patterns than a poor imitation of a comedy sketch.[/nq]
Noh deeat wass cruel eeant oncolt fer, Airno, ya leeab-coat-wearin fissississt peeanssy! Don' canfyooss me wut deeat trock-draivin cho
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[nq:2]The second clue is the web page reference. I doubt ... speech patterns than a poor imitation of a comedy sketch.[/nq]
[nq:1]Noh deeat wass cruel eeant oncolt fer, Airno, ya leeab-coat-wearin fissississt peeanssy! Don' canfyooss me wut deeat trock-draivin choker fella ... beerss for ta wawsh it dohn wit. We gaat hunnerts keeanss of Ol' Mulwockeess un da fritch. What's yer Ward?[/n
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[nq:1]I believe it was Rey who mentioned (on that 'other' thread!) a girl he knew on Paulina Street here in ... in some of the oddities in the English spoken round here where I live, well, it's quite an interesting site.[/nq]
I am a bit surprised at your use of "round" where most AmE speakers would use "around", NTTAWWT. -- Skitt (in SF Bay Area)
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[nq:2]I believe it was Rey who mentioned (on that 'other' ... here where I live, well, it's quite an interesting site.[/nq]
[nq:1]I am a bit surprised at your use of "round" where most AmE speakers would use "around", NTTAWWT.[/nq]
I think I was just being too lazy to type the 'a', as I think I do normally say 'around' rather than 'round'.

BTW, I had to look up "NTTAWWT", as I ha
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[nq:1]I've been into the city maybe half a dozen times in the five years I've lived here, but don't consider ... all that much, I guess. Yeah, it can be a bit sterile round here, as you say, but it's OK.[/nq]
Yes, but isn't it flat?
[nq:2]It beats me why you think living in Cook County is unfortunate; are you a Republican?[/nq]
[nq:1]My political affiliations are as yet unclear
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[nq:1]Over here in Rightpondia we have on cable TV a soapish kind of thing called "That 70's show"[/nq]
You think of that sitcom as "soapish"? I believe this is further evidence of a pondian divide in the understanding of "soap" as applied to television.
[nq:1]which, after the Intro, songs and stuff, finishes with a (to me, unrecognizable) car bumper (fender?) plate number in yellow and a
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