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Baltimorese, sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese or Ballimerese, is a dialect of American English in the Mid Atlantic United States that originated among the white blue-collar residents of working class South and Southeast Baltimore.
Reference(s): From the BaltimoreHon Web and EnglishGratis web sites
aigs - eggs
Amblance -- ambulance
arnjuice - orange juice (an example of the widespread use of elision)
Atna Canny - in the suburbs, i.e. "out in the County." May or may not refer to Baltimore County
Bawlmer - Baltimore (pronounced BAWL-mur)
Beeno - B&O Railroad
Blare - Bel Air, or Belair Road.
Caff lick - Catholic
cole race beef samwish - cold roast beef sandwich
crown - crayon
downey ayshin (down the ocean) - at the beach (spent sum'r weekends downey ayshin). 'At' or 'to' is implied, but not a part of the elision; specifically, it means Ocean City, Maryland
Dundawk - Dundalk, as in Dundalk, Maryland
gubmint - government
hon - a universal name used for greeting (in extreme instances, pronounced in two syllables, "huh-in")
Jeet...Did you eat?...usually answered by "nojew?"
meer - mirror
Merlin - Maryland
Naplis - Annapolis
ool - oil
ornj - orange
arster - oyster
pleese - multiple police officer
tawlit - toilet
taeta - potato (most commonly used with 'chips')
warsh - to wash
Warshngton - As in Washington D.C., or Washington County
wooja - Would you?
yell-uh - yellow
Yerp - Europe
youse - plural of you
zink - sink
Hey hon, buffer thar wuz Pittsburghese, thar wuz the Balwmorese (Baltimorese) dictionary, so you can co-moon-icate wiff the natives (circa 1996).
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
I thought NIMBYs were bad, but BANANAs take the cake the as far as opposing any kind of land development for affordable, fair housing or renewable energy systems, like wind or solar farms.
An amalgam of the Queen's English and Ebonics. Aside: Props to Kevvy Kev & Kim(gerly) for coining this.
When Kevvy Kev DJs, sometimes he spits Mebonics.
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