"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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