ExiledInIllinois Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Probably from the Polish immigrants saying $3.80 and pronouncing the $ as "dollar". I can do a good Polish old lady imitation. "Me and Sophie go and take de NFT bus down to da Broadvay market and then go to de VFdubbya post to play da Bingo. Down where the houses are side-by-each. They have dat good salad potatoes dere. I worked with a woman from Hamilton out here in CA and she said I did a good Canadian accent too. Living away from Buffalo now, I can tell the accent there. I noticed on COPS that even the black cops have a slight Polish accent. It is also Chicago ... Probably because of the large number of Polish and Eastern Europeans through the years. IMO, it is the tempo of the speech too. Here is a site... It doesn't really do that much justice to the hardcore accent of the area though: Chicago-Illinois Accent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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