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Baltimorese, sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese or Ballimerese, is a dialect of American English which originated among the white blue-collar residents of working class South and Southeast Baltimore. Today, it is heard much less throughout the city and in some areas of central Maryland, in the Mid-Atlantic United States, as many people from other parts of the country have moved to the city. It is considered a Northern Midland patois. it shares many characteristics of an Eastern port city. The films of John Waters, all of which have been filmed in and around Baltimore, usually feature actors and actresses with thick Baltimore accents, particularly in his early films. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... White (also White people, White race or Whites) is a term used for a certain ethnic group or racial classification of people. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from above. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Photo of John Waters by Robert Birnbaum John Waters (born April 22, 1946, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American filmmaker, known for films displaying shockingly bad taste while managing to still be humourous to some audiences. ...

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Pronunciation

Baltimorese resembles Philadelphia-area English pronunciation in several ways. These two cities are the only ports on the Eastern Seaboard to retain rhotic speech, which was greatly influenced by Hiberno-English, Scottish English, and West Country English. Also, the "l" sound is "dark," indistinctive or vocalized. Vowels in Baltimorese are flattened and shifted, however, which is more characteristic of Southern American English. Some vowels, as well as certain vernaculars can be traced to Appalachian influences. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Categories: US geography stubs ... English pronunciation is divided into two main accent groups, the rhotic and the non-rhotic, depending on when the phoneme (the letter r, equivalent to Greek rho) is pronounced. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Scottish English is taken by some to include Scots and by others to exclude it. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ... Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from northern Virginia and central Kentucky to the Gulf Coast, and from the Atlantic coast to central Texas. ... Appalachian Region of the U.S., as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachia is a term used to include a region stretching from Maine to Alabama that surrounds the Appalachian mountains. ...

  • [f] is often substituted for [θ]
  • [eɪ] becomes [i]; bared can rhyme with leered
  • [aɪ] as well as the diphthongs [ɔɪ] and [aʊ] become [ɔ]; choir and hire rhyme with war, aisle and boil with ball
  • [aɪ] becomes [a] before [ɹ]; fire is pronounced as far
  • t's become d's, disappear entirely, or blend with other sounds in a word; 'hunter' becomes 'hunner', 'Baltimore' becomes 'Baldimore' or 'Ballimer'.
  • [oʊ] shifts to [eʊ]; one cheers for the Eh-ew's (O's, for the Baltimore Orioles).
  • The [ɪŋ](-ing) ending of participle forms is pronounced as [in] as in "They're go-een to the store."
  • epenthetic [ɹ]
  • elision is common

In phonetics, a diphthong (Greek and ending tongue positions. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1983 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1966 AL Pennants (7) 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 1969 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1944 East Division titles (8) 1997 â€¢ 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1974 1973 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1969 Wild card berths (1) 1996 Major league... In poetry and phonetics, epenthesis (Greek epi, on × en, in + thesis, putting) is the insertion of a phoneme or syllable into a word, usually to facilitate pronunciation. ... In music, see elision (music). ...

Dialectic terms

  • How bout dem O's? - a pleasant inquiry on the state of Orioles baseball.
  • Anna Runnel (Canny) - Anne Arundel County
  • Balmer - Baltimore (pronounced BAHL-muhr)
  • Merlin - Maryland
  • arnjuice - orange juice (an example of the widespread use of elision)
  • colm - what some othes folks call a "comb"
  • 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.
  • hon - a universal name used for greeting (in extreme instances, pronounced in two syllables, "huh-in")
  • sharr - shower
  • youse - plural of you.
  • ull - also known as oil
  • wooder - ('wood' rhyming with 'could', and not with 'brood') water
  • iggle - eagle
  • warsh - to wash

Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1983 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1966 AL Pennants (7) 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 1969 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1944 East Division titles (8) 1997 â€¢ 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1974 1973 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1969 Wild card berths (1) 1996 Major league... Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq. ... A comb A comb for people with hair loss. ... Natural olive oil Synthetic motor oil Oil is a generic term for a chemical compound that is not miscible with water, and is in its liquid state at common ambient temperatures. ...

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Baltimorese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (381 words)
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.
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