"Cheezborger," New Mexico, Chicago accents

pippin_999 foxmoth at qnet.com
Tue Feb 26 17:49:21 UTC 2002


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Morrigan //Vicki//" <morrigan at b...> 
wrote:

> WHAT Chicago accent???  I do NOT have an accent! *sob*  I 
am accent-less!There is no such thing as a Chicago accent!  
That's why I used to be an air personality on the radio, back 
when I had my 15 minutes of fame!
> 

Aww, c'mon. What about Hizzoner da Mare? What about 
midwestern twang? What about that  old joke?

Q:  "Does dis bus go to da Loop?" 
A:  "No, Ma'am, this bus goes "beep beep"!

Pippin
who actually heard a Chicago bus driver give that answer. I 
guess he couldn't resist. 
 (Joke explanation  for non-Chicagoans follows spoiler space)
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The Loop is the Chicago business district, so called because 
the elevated train tracks make a loop around it.





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