DENISE WHITING: "I think Baltimore is a city that embraces you and gets a strong hold on you and it’s very hard for people to leave once they get here. There’s just something magical and warm and embracing and loving about Baltimore that you just don’t find in other cities."
The Cafe Hon celebrates Bawlmerese on its menu
STEVE EMBER: Denise Whiting says she speaks Bawlmerese and so does her menu. Listen to how she pronounces "sandwiches."
DENISE WHITING: "Sammiches. I mean, and on the menu we try to really embrace our Baltimorese. We embrace our heritage, we embrace our culture, we embrace where we came from."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Our own Steve Ember was born and raised in Baltimore, so he knows that language well. But the tradition in American broadcasting is to use an unaccented English, often called "Midwestern-neutral." That way almost anyone across the country -- or across the world -- can understand it.
Steve has been speaking to us in VOA Special English for over twenty-five years. But now he is going to give us a little lesson in his native Bawlmerese.
STEVE EMBER:
OK, Hon, here we go. I was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Yes, I said that: You were born in Baltimore, Maryland.
STEVE EMBER
: There’s many things I remember about my old home town.
FAITH LAPIDUS: There are many things you remember about your home town.
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