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  Baltimorese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baltimorese, sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese, is a dialect of American English which originated among the white blue-collar residents of southern Baltimore.
Baltimorese resembles Philadelphia-area English pronunciation in several ways.
Vowels in Baltimorese are flattened and shifted, however, which is more characteristic of Southern American English.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimorese   (381 words)

  
 Baltimorese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Today, it is heard throughout the city and in some areas of central Maryland, in the Mid-Atlantic United States, though its "native speakers" remain overwhelmingly white and working class.
An early use of right smart can be found in the short story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed" by Mark Twain, who was arguably a serious student of American dialects.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
pda.molinu.com /wiki/en/ba/Baltimorese.htm   (367 words)

  
 Member Spotlight - February, 2003 - War Horse
I was born and raised in Baltimore City, pronounced Bawlmer in Baltimorese.
There are a lot of other words in Baltimorese.
Timonium is an area that is growing due to its location.
www.catcherman.com /features/interviews/warhorse0203.htm   (3301 words)

  
 Fall Tour 2005
This is a cherished part of a dialect that started in Baltimore, MD and is known as “Baltimorese”.
“Baltimorese” as spoken by “Baltimorons” has now “crossed over” to the Eastern Shore (does that make them Eastern Shorons!).
After breakfast, we next took a short driving tour through Chestertown and were fascinated with the attractiveness and general cleanliness of the Colonial era town.
www.dvcmg.com /events/text_pages/t-falltour.htm   (1118 words)

  
 Outdoors Maryland 2000
Bats in Pennsylvania have been found to holler echolocation screeches that seem to sound different than, say, Western Maryland bats, even though they're "saying" the same thing.
One scientist's conclusion: It's not quite Baltimorese, but bats may speak in distinct dialects.
Also: the state of bats and research to learn how different Maryland species are faring.
www.mpt.org /odm/ODM_2000.html   (1538 words)

  
 The View From Section 58_MLB column   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Montreal, a vibrant city with a bi-lingual (French and English) culture that, despite Vlad’s inability to speak either language fluently, pretty much left him alone.
Baltimore is quite similar, actually: vibrant, bi-lingual (English and Baltimorese), and a strong reputation for putting its star athletes on a pedestal.
Here’s the wild card, however: the World Champion Marlins, having lost Pudge Rodriguez and Derrek Lee, may be poised to bring in a player like Guerrero to juice the turnstiles.
www.usastats.com /section58/dec2003/wood.html   (780 words)

  
 English Dialect and Sociolinguistic Websites
American in the Mid Atlantic - Organized by State.
Lexicon of Baltimorese - A completely native dictionary in which terms are also defined in "Balmorese".
Baltimore Hon.com Baltimorese Lexicon - "Actually it’s the Bawlamerse Lexicon.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/e/j/ejp10/phon/dialects.html   (347 words)

  
 Baltimorese II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Home : Hometown Books : Basic Baltimorese II
Basic Baltimorese II features funny but often-times true phonetic interpretations of "Bawlmer's" dialect.
Gordon Beard based this second version on Basic Baltimorese, with illustrations by Mike Ricigliano.
www.celebratebaltimore.com /IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/hierarchy/00/product-id/51974.html   (35 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - how to create a new nationality !!!!
Location: Baltimore,MD First off, you can't add any new cultures, you can only edit existing ones.
Go into your Vicky directory and open the config folder, then open world_names.csv.
Keep the culture name in CAPS the same and whenever you write the culture in scenario files, still write Irish but it will show up as Baltimorese in the game instead.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=155906   (883 words)

  
 AnonymousCoworker: 11/24/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Does anybody else think it's weird when someone says they're going to, "Make a picture," of something instead of saying they're going to photocopy it?
I think the thing that's especially funny is that when you add the Baltimorese accent to it, it sounds like, "I'm gonna make a pitcher uh this for ya."
At one point in my life I served as a student mover for a university.
anonymouscoworker.blogspot.com /2004_11_24_anonymouscoworker_archive.html   (1158 words)

  
 TheWBALChannel.com - Health Alert - How Do You Say 'Baltimore'?
If you're new to town, you may find Gordon Beard's guide helpful, a "good idear"
"People used to be ashamed of it, but I think they accept it now," said Beard, who wrote "Basic Baltimorese."
Beard, a former Associated Press sports writer, covered Baltimore's beloved baseball team for years: "The Oryuls."
www.thewbalchannel.com /health/5254127/detail.html   (781 words)

  
 Translator Profile
Can you tell me how you got interested in German as a language?
Courtney: I always loved the English language—my father tells me that I was reading at three, and I have poems I wrote before I started school—but I had no exposure to other languages (except for a humorous column in the Baltimore Sun about Baltimorese that I read faithfully while I was growing up).
By the seventh grade I was interested in Latin, but only because an older boy in the neighborhood kept sending me love notes in Latin.
www.accurapid.com /journal/22prof.htm   (3497 words)

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