For anyone not from the Baltimore metropolitan area, we here at home have a distinctive dialect of the Mother tongue, ranging from the mild to the severely unintelligible, called Balmerese. . . (and we frequently refer to each other as Hon and we always vacation in Ocean City). . .
Just as an illustration . . .
(from http://www.baltimorehon.com/)
A
Aig...the kind with a yoke
Amalance...You know, the vehicle that takes you to the hospital
Ann Runnel...Glen Burnie's county
Anyfink..As in anything goes
Arn... What you do on an arnin board
Arnjuice...from the sunshine tree
Arsh...People from Arlin
Aspern..."Take 2 and call me in the morning"
Authoritis...arthritis
Awl...goes into the crankcase
Ax...as in Ax me no questions, I'll tell ya no lies
B
Baffroom...see "rostrum"
Balamer...our home town
Barrie...as in I need to barrie some money off you
Bawler...what the plumber calls your furnace
Beeno...A famous railroad
Beero...bedroom dresser (with jroors fulla cloze wif jewry and nick nacks on top)
Bethlum...A steel mill
Bidness: as in nunyer bidness
Birfday...blow out the candles on this day
Blare...City in Harford County
Bleef...What you believe in
Blow...opposite of "above"
Brefist: Champions eat it...meal you eat (or drink) before lunch
. . . Anyway . . . OHO was in Ocean City recently, dig . . .
Slough of Despond
Live at Johnny's, Ocean City, MD-August 2014 [field recording by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak]
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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak.
My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:
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