Midwestern English

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 and not Slavic.

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 over der won'tcha?"

Vocabulary

Key	Slavic	Central European	Scandanavian
	_________	_________	_________

Word	Meaning	Region

• boulevard, a grassy median strip
• berm, boulevard, or terrace, a grassy road verge
• soda, a bottled carbonated drink
• bubbler, a drinking fountain
• breezeway or skyway, a hallway-bridge connecting two buildings
• eh?, a question tag (particularly used in the northern sections of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan)
• frontage road, a service or access road
• hotdish, a simple entree (main) cooked in a single dish, like a casserole
• 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 opkurwa-e, humorous, based on the movie of the same name when expressing anger in an accident.
• pop or soda pop, canned carbonated drinks.
• parking ramp, a multi-story parking structure
• rummage sale, a yard or garage sale
• sliver, a splinter
• spendy, expensive or high-priced
• stocking cap, a knit wool hat
• supposably (for supposedly), particularly in Wisconsin
• troll, a person from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
• uff da, a wikipedia:Scandinavian exclamation or interjection used to express dismay, surprise, astonishment, exhaustion, or relief
• Yooper, a person from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• won'tcha and don'tcha, shortening of wouldn't you? and don't you? respectively.
• FIB, "Fucking Illinois Bastard", derogatory term about people of the state of Illinois, mostly directed at poor drivers.