Posted on 08/13/2018 5:43:04 AM PDT by simpson96
In a recent column on Chicagoese, I worried that someday the lovely, mellifluous native tongue of our city by the lake will be lost.
And rather than just standing by and watching it being ground down in the great American cultural leveling, I’ve asked for help in preserving Chicagoese.
Today, readers get their writes.
Frunch room, The Jewels, Saaasage, throw me down the stairs my hat and coat, dese dem and doze, etc. … All this is pure Chicago … and must be preserved!!! — Lisa Podraza-Rodriguez
Agreed. The Scots didn’t sand down their speech to curry favor with England’s Edward Longshanks. Why should we bend the knee to mincing phonies, and in so doing, lose our souls? Chicagoese is our mother tongue. We must keep it over by here. We got dibs on it.
To help preserve (our native dialect), we need to create and install an app that will autocorrect our texts to Chicagoese. Same with voice to text. — Mark Murphy
Exactly! An app would certainly have helped Mr. Patel, a most courteous and well-read cashier at a local store.
“I needed a translator when I came from India,” Mr. Patel told me Wednesday. “People speaking Chicagoese would say ‘Gimmecoupletree.’ I did not know what they were saying! Or, when you meet someone, you say ‘Howyuh-do.’ ”
Actually, it’s ‘Howyoudooin,’ Mr. Patel.
“And you smile,” said Mr. Patel. “Howyoudooin?’ ”
But dere really should be an app ferdat.
(snip)
Alloyas have a great weekend eatin aeggs and drinkin melk. First yas gotta worsh da clothes. — Ellen Karp
OK, Ellen. Worsh your own clothes, then come over by me and we’ll drink melk. Chocklitmelk.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Long article with several more examples. The 300 word posting limit is a killer.
The most used phrase in Chicagoese is:
“Igottaguyferdat.”
All one word.
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This dialect should be allowed to disappear, along with Chicago.
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Heres me, heres him. He buys the car for turty tree hunnert and I go dealership next day and pay only tree tousand.
Had neighbors who were from Chicago when I was a kid... they called plant roots “ruts.”
You got that down correct. Remember to always speak through your nose. Words with a “thr” are spoken by dropping the “h”, as I see you understand. And when speaking about ones mother, always say “mymah”.
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John Kass izza standup guy.
My friend Bart grew up in Chicago but has lived here in Nebraska since the early 80’s and his accent has not diminished a bit. He really has it going after he comes back from a visit home. He always brings back several cases of Stroh’s when he goes up there. Can’t get it in Nebraska no mo’.
I seek out cheap Happy Hour deals just to hear the bartender tell me that beer will be “tree dollerss”.
I spent my first 13.7 years in Chicago and I can assure everyone that Chicagoese is far from universal among Chicagoans.
Now I'm jonesing for an Italian beef and a nice cold bottle of Green River.....
Funny you should mention...so me and Jimmy...you know Jimmy...lives over by dere Irving and Pulaski on the nortside...we're in dere last week......guy offers US turty tree fitty!
We pronounce Chicago the No. 2 way, “Shi-caw-go.” Phonies say “Shi-kaah-go.” You know they’re phonies when they make a tough face when they say it. They’re simpering poseurs. It’s “Shi-caw-go.”
Dis is true. Dat is da right way to pronounce it.
I was born and raised in the great city of Chicago, and my Chicagoese manifests itself from time to time. For instance, when I'm in heavy traffic, and the guy in front of me is dving like a moron: "C'maahn! Whatcha doin'? Fer cryin' out loud!"
Oh, yeah, gotta have a beef! Although I prefer it with a root beer.
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