Midwestern English

Midwestern English is an English dialect spoken predominantly in the Midwest Union and in other Warsaw Pact Nations. It is one of the most diverse English dialects with children speaking extremely differently, inheriting many more Slavic grammar rules.

Grammar

"An" is omitted, most commonly on the A vowel. In example "That's an adorable dog." would be changed to "That's a-dorable dog." Contrary to what one may think, this is a pre-dissolution rule and not Slavic.

Midwestern writing does not always put the punctuation in the quotation marks, "He said, 'Help me!'" would be written with a period outside the quotation along with the exclamation mark: "He said, 'Help me!'."

The word "you" is used in singular and plural context, the plural you can be substituted with with "Y'all" or "Yall" while the singular form can be substituted with "Tou" or "Ty" borrowing from the Polish singular 2nd person, "Ty."

Pronoun	Usage	Contraction of "__ are / is"
You	Sing. / Plur.	You's
Y'all	Plur.	Y'all'er
Tou / Ty	Sing.	Tour / Ty're (Pronounced tier)

Slavic Inherited Grammar

Omission of articles is both a pre and post-dissolution grammar rule, pre, it was generally seen in phrases such as "Shut off the lights." and simply, "Shut the lights." Post dissolution, children in bilingualism programs have been recorded saying, instead of "The dog bit her." just "Dog bit 'er." in the same way Slavic languages generally don't use articles.

Pronunciation

Midwestern speech changes between states, compared to predissolution, the country has a much more recognizable dialect. Vowels such as A and O are drawn out, the th- sound is very flat or replaced with a D or T.

I.E. "Three bags of chips." would be pronounced 'Tree baegs a' chips".

"Hand me those pliers from over there." would be changed to "Hand me tem pliers oover der won'tcha?"

Vocabulary

Key	Slavic	Central European	Scandanavian
Color Code	_________	_________	_________

Word	Meaning	Region / Notes
boulevard	grassy median strip
berm, boulevard, or terrace	a grassy road verge
soda	a bottled carbonated drink (for the canned variant, see pop)
bubbler	a drinking fountain	Some areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota, seen also in Chicago government buildings.
breezeway or skyway	a hallway-bridge connecting 2 buildings
Duck, Duck, Grey Duck	Actually correct name for the children's game Duck, Duck, Goose, modified with a "guessing game" with players saying all variety of colors before landing on "Grey Duck", theorized to be from the Swedish name for the game, "Anka Anka Grå Anka" (Duck, Duck, Grey Duck).	Minnesota (in schools it is illegal to teach children "Goose" and not "Grey Duck"), Wisconsin, and some parts of Dakota.
eh?	a question tag	Dakota, Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin
frontage road	service or access road
hotdish	simple entree cooked in a single dish, similar to correrole
kurwa or kurva	adopted slang from joint Warsaw training, common among soldiers and bilingual students
ope	an onomatopoeia with variable meanings, including "excuse me" or "I'm sorry"
ope, kurwa! or ókurwap	humorous, popularized by the movie of the same name when expressing anger in an accident, the second form is based on conjugation in Polish words such as "zajekurwabiście" (fucking awesome)
pop or soda pop	a canned carbonated drink (for bottled see soda)
parking ramp	multi story parking structure
sliver	a sprinter
spendy	expensive, high, or overpriced
stocking cap	a knit wool hat
supposably	supposedly	Wisconsin and Minnesota
troll	a person from Michigan	This does not include the Upper Peninsula now a part of Wisconsin.
uff da	an exclamation or interjection to express dismay, surprise, astonishment, exhaustion, or relief
Yooper	a person from the Wisconsin Greater Peninsula	Originates from when the peninsula was the Northern part of Michigan.
won'tcha and don'tcha	shortening of wouldn't you? and don't you? respectively
FIB and FCIB	Derogatory "Fucking Illinois Bastard" for bad drivers and "Fucking Chicago, Illinois Bastard" (Pronounced shkib) when directed at politicians.