Baltimore-isms
Posted by Nathaniel.
Two interesting things that Baltimore people say.
1) Hon. Short for “honey” I think. Kirsten and I went to a 7-11 to get a slurpy last weekend and the [older] cashier managed to use it like 5 times over the course of two sentences. I just don’t understand why they spell it “hon” instead of “hun”. That’s the way I’d do it.
2) The correct way to say “Baltimore” is Bah-more. It’s almost like you make a sheep sound and then put a more on the end. Bahmore. So I actually live in Bahmore in Bahmore City county. (Yeah, that’s another fucked up thing.)
See you when you come to visit Bahmore, hon.
August 1st, 2006 at 2:49 pm Using
Another random story. Kirsten got a cold last weekend worsened by all the pollen in the air and her traveling. She wasn’t a happy camper.
Anyway, we were at William Sonoma looking at stuff on sale and eventually checked out. The cashier woman asked the usual rhetorical question about finding everything and having a good day and Kirsten replied in a lukewarm manner which resulted in a conversation with the cashier woman. She’s not from here either (originally) and she said that even after 30 years, Baltimore is still a very odd place.
August 1st, 2006 at 3:06 pm Using
Maybe Baltimore’s just confused, because it’s not part of the “north”, but it’s not really part of the “south” either. correct me if i’m wrong on that, Tim, but that’s the impression I’ve gotten.
August 1st, 2006 at 3:10 pm Using
It’s the northernmost Southern city.
Well, that’s what they like to claim. I’m not sure though if that means that DC has to be a Southern city. Maybe there can be a different southernmost Northern city. Or maybe that’s NYC and there’s just a no-man’s land that comprises NJ.
August 1st, 2006 at 3:24 pm Using
ahem. philly is still in the north.
August 1st, 2006 at 4:23 pm Using
I’m thinking that Delaware, Baltimore, Indiana, etc are really just a big buffer zone, since if Atlanta/Mobile/Columbia (SC) were within a few miles of NYC or Boston, well, that’d be a pretty big anti-matter boom. Just call it the Poland of the USA?
a list of other thoughts:
(a) that’s funny.
(b) There’s no way that Baltimore is part of the south.
(c) Camden Yards is cool.
(d) Philly is kinda like Texas, it’s its own damn state.
(e) Shania Twain is still hot. (listening to “Party for Two”)
August 1st, 2006 at 4:39 pm Using
Holly, you’re just being silly. Philly doesn’t actually exist.
August 1st, 2006 at 4:42 pm Using
sure it does. how else can Pennsylvania be a blue state?
August 1st, 2006 at 5:00 pm Using
I drove through Pennsylvania once, it seemed much more green. The road was black though… and there might have been some blue signs, but there were also some red ones that said “STOP”.
I’m guessing that means that we have to stop red states.
August 1st, 2006 at 8:30 pm Using
Baltimore = not exactly Southern.
Close enough to make this boy feel rather welcome, though. Kinda like Kentucky or West Virginia, but with far fewer hillbillies and lots more good seafood.
Pennsylvania = Hillbillies + Rust Belt (Pittsburgh) + Philly + Puritans (no beer sold after 9 PM) = not a fun combination, from my brief experience passing through.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:20 pm Using
no, no, no. the susquehanna valley is great. we’re on the edge of civilization, before you drop off into the cabin country/hillbillies of western PA. not sure about the beer at distributors, but the bars are open til 2am, at least in college towns, which, from what i’ve heard, is the best you can expect even in DC. I think the state finally approved selling liquor on Sundays. we can be a little backward, but we are NOT pennsyltucky. well, maybe the fringes of society are, but we’re fairly normal in town. i quite like the susquehanna valley. next time through, make sure you see berwick (high school football capital of the state) or lewisburg. bloomsburg’s another nice college town (also the only “town” in PA to really, officially, be a “town” instead of a borough), Williamsport, further up the West Branch, is the home of the Little League World Series. We’re built more on the logging industry, which didn’t get quite so depressing as the coal mining regions further east.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm Using
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