
Bawlmerese: The language spoken at Cafe Hon, Hon Bar, Hampden and around town. To better help you communicate with the "locals," we added this dictionary so that you's can feel right at home Hon.
Do ya have your own Bawlmer saying? Go to the bottom of the page and enter it or them, if you have more than one, in the comment box. Thank you to everyone that has sent in a contribution. I will try to get them on as soon as possible.
Thank you for the many contributions sent in by our Cafe Hon Friends. If you don't see yours, don't worry, we have gotten so many that I have decided to redesign the page to better display this bit of spoken of Bawlmer history. We have been keeping a running list of Bawlmerese terms that have been sent in, hopefully all will make it! Thanks again and keep-em-comin!
Hon: Pronounced "Hun" 1. can be used as a term of endearment, like sweetie, babe, honey, etc. In Bawlmer, Hon can be heard anywhere, but some neighborhoods more than others. It almost always follows any sentence, like "we're going down the ooshun...Hon." 2. A Hon is a person that takes on a certain look and/or persona, i.e. Beehive hairdoo with cat's eyes glasses, leopard print, feather boas, gold taffeta, etc. 3. The state of mind while eating, drinking, or just visiting the Cafe Hon, Hon Bar or Hon sponsored events.
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America: Murica |
Johns Hopkins: Jon Hosskins |
Tire: tar |
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Arthritis: authoritis |
Kitchen Sink: Kitchen Zinc |
Tired: tarred
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Attacked: attackted |
Maryland: Murlin or Merry-land |
Wash: warsh, warsher or even while in Bawlmer, drive over and visit Warshington
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Awning: oorning |
National Bohemian Beer: Natty Bo, Hon |
Water: wudder, or wooder |
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Bathroom: The Pot |
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Baltimore: Bawlmer, Baldymore or Ball-T-more |
Oil: ol, oll, earl |
Window: winder, winda |
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Belair Road: Blair Road |
On: owen |
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Bethlehem Steel: the ship yard, Bethlumsteel |
Orioles: O-re-oos |
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Believe: blieve |
Ocean City, Maryland: Down-de Ooshun, Hon |
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Birthday: Birfday |
Orange: onge |
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Bread: brayed |
Oyster: urshter |
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Picture: pixchture, pitchurs, pixchers |
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Pocket-book: pock-e-book, pockeybook |
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Bowling: bowl-in, duck-pins |
Pavement: payment |
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Police: Pole-eace or Po-leece, Pole-leace |
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Bureau: beero |
Powder: padder
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Car: kooer |
Power mower: paramour |
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Coke: Caoke, soders |
Potatoes: patatas, taters |
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Color: calor |
Pumkin: Pun-kin |
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Cooler: coo-wher |
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December: Dezember |
Refrigerator: fridgidare or ice-box |
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Dial: doll |
Rinse: wrench |
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Down to the...: downy |
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Druid Hill: Druidl |
Round: rayon |
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Everything: everythink |
Ruin: roon
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Film: fillum |
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Fire: fahr, expanded to include fahrhouse, fahrtruck, etc. |
Sandwich: samidge |
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Grocery Store: the market |
Shower: share-er
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Hot: hut |
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Iron: arn or arning |
Steps: stoop |
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In addition to just words, there are often sayings that go along with certain events or just to fill in when nothing else will do. One of the most famous was left to us by the late, great Chuck Thomspon with "Ain't the Beer Cold."
Below is a list of a few that come to mind as we get started on an extension to the Bawlmerese page. They are in no particular order of use or significance.
Go to war Ms, Agnus!
Call me an am-blance..OK, you're an am-blance
hoed-d-phone...hon!
you don't want it, take it witcha

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