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

• 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.