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Posted on 02/16/2006 3:41:58 PM PST by Chi-townChief
1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo, Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if I don't git intada grach?"
2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef; it's an Italian Beef sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a perilously soggy bun.
3. Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears" or "Da Mare" -- the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's often called.
4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular name for one of the region's dominant grocery store chains. I'm goin' to Jewels to pick up some sassage.
5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Also Carson Pirie Scott, another major department store chain, is simply Called "Carson's."
6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only got tree inches of snow da udder night."
7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing a site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."
8. Kaminski Park: The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was recently renamed U.S. Cellular Field (da Cell).
9. Frunchroom: As in, "Get outta da 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."
10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use goin'?"
11. Downtown: Anywhere near The Lake, south of The Zoo (Lincoln Park Zoo) and north of Soldier Field.
12. The Lake: Lake Michigan. (What other lake is there?) It's often used by local weathermen, "cooler by The Lake."
14. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "Gimme a braht wit kraut."
15. Goes: Past or present tense of the verb "say." For example, Den he goes, 'I like this place'!
16. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each individual's gender.
17. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "Do ya wanna canna pop?"
18. Sliders: Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle, a popular Midwestern burger chain. "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da runs."
19. Da Taste: The Taste of Chicago Festival, a huge extravaganza in Grant Park featuring samples of Chicago land cuisine which takes place each year around the Fourth of July holiday.
20. "Jeetyet? Translates to, "Did you eat yet?"
21. Winter and Construction: Punch line to the joke, "What are the Two seasons in Chicago?"
22. Cuppa Too-Tree: is Chicagoese for "a couple, two, three" which really means "a few." For example, "Hey Mike, dere any beerz left in da cooler over by dere?" "Yeh, a cuppa too-tree."
23. 588-2300: Everyone in Chicago knows this commercial jingle and the carpet company you'll get if you call that number -- Empire! The other number everyone knows is NAtional 2-9000 but no one knows who it connects you to.
24. Junk Dror: You will usually find the 'junk drawer' in the kitchen filled to the brim with miscellaneous, but very important, junk.
25. Southern Illinois: Anything south of I-80.
26. Expressways: The Interstates in the immediate Chicago land area are usually known just by their 'name' and not their Interstate number: the Dan Ryan ("da Ryan"), the Stevenson, the Kennedy (da "Kennedy"), the Eisenhower (da "Ike"), and the Edens (just "Edens" but Da Edens" is acceptable).
27. Gym Shoes: The rest of the country may refer to them as sneakers or running shoes but Chicagoans will always call them gym shoes!
28. And, finally, Chicago's most famous address is, of course, 3535 N. Ashland Avenue "and that, my friends, is Bert Weinman Ford."
How about:
"You'll do well at Dell's"
"Nelson loves me!"
"Bargaintown, Bargaintown, Bargaintown!!!"
"Nickey, Nickey, Nickey, Nickey, Nickey Chevrolet"
I worked at Carson's.
Not the main one.
Yeah, in Cleveland, it was the treelawn but in Chicago, it's the parkway. I thought I was just calling it the wrong thing all along.
My husband was raised by his old Sicilian grandparents, who spoke almost no English...his friends tell me, when they called the house to get a hold of my husband, if he was not at home, the old grandmother, did not know how to say where he had gone, in English...so she had a stock phrase..."Donny go Loopee"...even she knew about the 'Loop'...
I worked at the old Ward's store at State and Adams back in '71-'72 right around the block from The Berghoff; but for a 2.54 an hour wage, The Berghoff was too expensive for lunch most of the time so I'd end up at Ronny's Steakhouse up on Randolph.
I worked at that very same Wards store, from 1968-1974...I worked in data processing...started out at 2.40 an hour...
They had that monster statue guy standing outside the dealership. Gave me nasty nightmares as a kid. My dad bought the first car I remember as a kid from there. A 63 Impala wagon.
Anyone remember the old Olson Rug Co...that had the big old waterfall along with the Indian simulation, on the lot right next door to the store?...what about the defunct Riverview...I was crushed, when they shut down...
And dat road dat runs along da Lake. You know, da Drive.
Diversey and Pulaski if I remember right.
Actually I dont remember where it was, just remember going there a lot as a kid...
Pulaski Ave...in the old days of my mom, born in 1921, Pulaski Ave was called Crawford Ave...I dont know when it was changed to Pulaski Ave..but after the change, she called it Crawford Ave till her dying day...
When we were kids, we played 16 inch all the time.
Fielding became easier once the ball got broken in and softened up a bit.
I still have a fairly unused ball laying around and the kids here in Tennessee always ask, "What's that?"
Yum-Yum...thanks...
personaly I don't give a damn how you do it up north.
At the end of this month, the Berghoff will be closing its doors after, what, 100 years or so? It was always a treat to go there: the "Old World" waiters, the creamed spinach, the rye bread, the root beer and regular beer, the good German dishes. Sigh. . . .
Southern Illinois: Anything south of I-80.
This is Incorrect
It's anything south of Madison Ave.
Go here.
http://www.olsonrug.com/history.asp
Mohawk four, four one hundred.
Thats' Mohawk four, four one hundred.
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