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5:15 p.m. - 2004-10-30 Hi, I'm from Chicago's boring suburbs.I just went on the site recommended by acaldwell that lists different colloquialisms and ideologies from different geographical places. I guess you are supposed to pick where you are from. I read the list of things you know if you are from Chicago and then the list of things you know to be true if you are simply from Illinois. One has to do with city stuff and one rural cornpone stuff. I really don't belong in either place. I can't completely identify with someone raised in the city and yet identify even less with someone raise in the cornfields....so I made up my own list using both. The suburbs are sort of a no man's land....a twilite zone neither city nor country with no real local flavor. I think the suburbs of most citys have more in common with each other than with the city they are on the fringe of. Well, I cut and pasted from both lists to come up with a list for the Chicago Suburbs. Here goes. You Know You Are From The Chicago Suburbs when.....When you say "the city" - you mean Chicago. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. You don't pronounce the "S" in Illinois like the rest of the world. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines" You drink "pop." You know that the Slider run refers to getting burgers, not to You know that the Slider run refers to getting burgers, not to running a race You say "Wanna go with?" when you mean "Do you want to come with me?" You know what Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Edens, and Bishop Ford, You know what "the Hillside strangler is." You know the difference between Richard J Daley and Richard M Daley. You can use two or three Daleyisms in context. You can imitate the Mayor's whine You say Chicawgo and not Chicaago. You think going to a Bears game in single digit temperatures with a Da is a proper definite article You expect corruption in local politics. You've been caught speeding in Wisconsin because you had Illinois You know why they call it "the Windy City." You guard your shoveled parking space with an old chair and unusable You know dead people who voted. You know what Giordanos, Lou Malnati's, and Gino's have in common. You know when the last time the Cubs won a pennant. You don't know which ethnic "fest" to choose on any given Summer weekend You can recite many of "The Blues Brothers" lines and know where they filmed certain scenes. You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). You refer to anything South of I-80 as "Southern Illinois" You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake" "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats You buy "The Trib" You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is You understand what "lake-effect" means You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a side You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet! You wear gym shoes, not sneakers. You are STILL a Bulls fan........ It's January and you see someone's kitchen chair in the street, You live two miles from work and it takes you two hours to drive there When you read a big story in the paper about mob ties in the city You can tell if your neighbor has moved to your suburb from Chicago You're not ashamed of wearing a big fur Russian hat, or a headsock
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