English Dialects
 

Ok, so I was on the phone with my Dad (he lives in the South, I live in Chicago). I said something in a Chicago slang and he had no idea what I was saying so I had to figure out how they would say it in the South. After the conversation I thought it was interesting, so I looked up as much as I could about Chicago slang and vocabulary and I thought it be interesting to share it and hear comments, comparisons and other dialects!

Note - Yes, normally when I talk I do say these words this way, but when I talk with someone I know isn't from the area I try to not use Chicago dialect too much, it's hard though haha. Some of the ones are related to Chicago culture too.

"Grachki" (Garage Key in standard English)
"Sammich" (Sandwich)
"Sassage" (Sausage)
"Da" (The)
"'s" (Chicagoans tend to add an 's to the end of most stores, for example Meijer becomes Meijer's or Jewel becomes Jewel's)
"Frunchroom" (Literally 'front room', known as a living room elsewhere)
"The Lake" (Lake Michigan)
"Brat" (Short for bratwurst)
"Polish" (Short for Polish sausage)
"Beef" (Short for Italian beef sandwich)
"Goes" (Instead of "Then he says..." Chicagoans use "Then he goes...")
"Guys" (When referring to 2 or more people, no matter the gender)
"Pop" (Not a sound, but the drink known as soda)
"The Taste" (Short for The Taste of Chicago, an annual food festival in Grant Park)
"Junk Dror" (Junk drawer...everyone in Chicago has one)
"Expressway(s)" (Interstate highways in Chicago)
- Dan Ryan
- Kennedy
- Stevenson
- Eisenhower
- Edens
"Gym shoes" (Known as sneakers, tennis shoes or running shoes elsewhere)
"Cash Station" (ATM)
"Wanna come with?" (Chicagoans NEVER use a pronoun after, it always ends in with)
"Jieetyet?" (Did you eat yet?)

These are just a few of them...lemme know what you think or what are some dialect words or phrases you use?

I'm pretty sure most of those are used everywhere, seeing as they're mostly just broken English. I know in parts of the states people don't know what "pop" is, but I think that's beginning to change. I live in the northwest and I don't believe that there's much of a dialect up here, besides the nonsense that Hicks try to pass off as a language "I wanted dis her radio so gimmeh dat one." That mostly just makes them sound severely undereducated though...

As some people know from my youtube videos, I have a pretty strong Yorkshire accent. It's kind of lazy.

For example,

'The cat sat on the mat.'

Becomes.

'The cat sat ont mat.'

It's really hard to think how I'd say things since it's just normal to me. D:

I say 'summat' instead of 'something.' My mum tells me off, she says I sound common. People can still generally understand what I'm saying anyway. I can't really think of a list of words specific to here. They overlap with other places anyway.

lol a lot of chicago people and midwesterners

say Catch like "ketch"

I don't qkno why lol.

All the areas of Yorkshire have separate accents. In Skipton for example thats wayy different from Hull in East Yorks.

ilkley mo' bar't'at ;)

Lmao, I suppose that's true. I just don't want to give away exactly where I come from in case someone wants to stalk me. :p

Hahaha I say it like that!

And I huge distinction from people who actually grew up in the city
and people who live in the Midwest/Outside of Chicago:

People from Chicago say "Shi-caw-go"
People from far suburbs and elsewhere say "Shee-kah-go"

In the south, I think it becomes even harder to understand.
0_0 Though, with the heavy heat we tend to speak slower lol.

For verbs ending in "ing" turns to "in",
because in many places, there isn't much stress on every letter.

P.S:
"You guys" is not common here.
"Y'all" is more accepted.
I like to be referred to as a female haha.

^_^

Yeah, we almost always drop the 'g' in 'ing' verbs too...doesn't everyone?
And yeah, Southern American English....I'm sorry but I hate trying to understand it...haha

But southern language is so fuuuun! Haha, we have lots of different ways of sayin things down here. I usually try and (an' haha) change how I talk and how I speak on the computer. Or yall probably (prolly) wouldn't understand me all that great XD

my friend has a stong southern accent, my cousin's obsessed with (wit) it XD my other friend drops the 't' in watermelon, it's funny. Then my old friend is hard to understand cus she has a speech impairment (or whatever that word is) and the fast southern language ain't helpin her much. but she's cool