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.

America: Murica

Johns Hopkins: Jon Hosskins

Tire: tar

Arthritis: authoritis

Kitchen Sink: Kitchen Zinc

Tired: tarred

Attacked: attackted

Maryland: Murlin or Merry-land

Wash: warsh, warsher or even
 while in Bawlmer, drive over and visit Warshington

Awning: oorning

National Bohemian Beer: Natty Bo, Hon

Water: wudder, or wooder

Bathroom: The Pot

Baltimore:  Bawlmer,  Baldymore or Ball-T-more

Oil: ol, oll, earl

Window: winder, winda

Belair Road: Blair Road

On: owen

Bethlehem Steel:
the ship yard,
Bethlumsteel

Orioles: O-re-oos

Believe: blieve

Ocean City, Maryland:   Down-de Ooshun, Hon

Birthday: Birfday

Orange: onge

Bread: brayed

Oyster: urshter

Picture: pixchture, pitchurs, pixchers

Pocket-book: pock-e-book, pockeybook

Bowling: bowl-in, duck-pins

Pavement: payment

 

 

PolicePole-eace or Po-leece, Pole-leace

Bureau: beero

Powder: padder

Car: kooer

Power mower: paramour

Coke: Caoke, soders

Potatoes: patatas, taters

Color: calor

Pumkin: Pun-kin

 

Cooler: coo-wher

December: Dezember

Refrigerator: fridgidare or ice-box

Dial: doll

Rinse: wrench

Down to the...:  downy

Druid Hill: Druidl

Round: rayon

 

Everything: everythink


Ruin: roon

Film:  fillum

Fire: fahr, expanded to include fahrhouse, fahrtruck, etc.

Sandwich: samidge

Grocery Store: the market

Shower: share-er

Hot: hut

Iron: arn or arning

Steps: stoop

 
 
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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