The one linguistic remnant of my four years in Milwaukee is my use of "soda" instead of "pop," which throws off any linguistic quizzes I take.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Sep 25, 2009 11:21:26 am PDT #10995 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jesse - Sep 25, 2009 11:22:38 am PDT #10996 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"I love that picture there, it's a great one of my sister."
But do you say it "dere"? Because that is what the movies and tv have led me to believe....
Laura - Sep 25, 2009 11:25:17 am PDT #10997 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Sprinkles. I have never banged a u-ey. I have been known to hang one or two.
msbelle - Sep 25, 2009 11:26:44 am PDT #10998 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OMG, I forgot I need a medical form for mac to go to the day camp for Monday since school is closed. CURSES! His dr is open on Sat, but alwasy running late and saturday is supposed to be his uncle day and my free time. HATE.
-t - Sep 25, 2009 11:28:12 am PDT #10999 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hang or pull a u-ey.
Sprinkles if they are already on a donut, jimmies if I am looking to buy a box of them at the store.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2009 11:28:43 am PDT #11000 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
But do you say it "dere"? Because that is what the movies and tv have led me to believe....
This reminds me of a hilarious radio commercial for a Chicago-style hot dog place in Memphis, where a typically Southern woman acquired a Chicago accent upon tasting one.
Complete with a reference to... da bears.
Kathy A - Sep 25, 2009 11:37:29 am PDT #11001 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
"Dere" and "da" are much more old-school.
Here's a good explanation of a Chicago accent. Towards the end, under "Hear Chicagoans Online," he has two examples of Chicago speakers. I sound more like a female version of the first speaker; the second one is more like the stereotypical one you hear on tv and movies.
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2009 11:40:27 am PDT #11002 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
White culture is this stuff, right?
Velveeta and John Tesh, man.
And yard gnomes.
Calli - Sep 25, 2009 11:42:33 am PDT #11003 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And yard gnomes.
A little too intellectual, and in some suspiciously furn-sounding movies. Now plywood cutouts of a woman bending over, that's white culture.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2009 11:43:19 am PDT #11004 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Weird-ass shoe: The Mojito Shoe
I had to stare at it a bit to figure out how you wear it....
Julian Hakes designed shoes that have no sole. The support is there, though, for the heel and ball of the foot, which forms a natural bridge between the two.