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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:01:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, sorry for your loss, meant to say that in first post. I was born on the southside of Chicago long ago. Hence the screen name. Was raised in an orphanage by an old blues musician, no wait, that was a movie. 33rd and Normal, grew up a couple blocks from Hizzoner Richard J. Daley. Lived there, Cicero, Harvey, Joliet area. Downstate to Williamson County where I lived with grandparents in a very small town. Joined the Air Force to see the world and got sent to Rantoul. I know a bit about Illinois. Bridgeport? Gross. I was the neighborhood directly south |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:02:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We have homes in both parts of the state…… South subs of Chicagoland. Just a bit north of I-80. There’s still a bit of beans and corn about a mile away. Our refuge about 30 mins south of Effingham. Spend most weekends and long holidays there for now. Will be down there permanently in about 8yrsish https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/139F6255-7299-4567-8C7C-D3537E874E98_jpe-2490583.JPG Spent part of the 4th relaxing….. That’s a beautiful place. ?? |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:04:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shit. I’m a couple miles north of your border.  I too used to live a few miles north of that line, but maybe there was an exception since my backyard was all corn |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:07:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bridgeport? Gross. I was the neighborhood directly south I did not choose to be born there. I too lived in Romeoville, went to high school there. Class of 70 something. ConEd plant across 53, my grandmother asked when the ship was leaving. :)  Attached FileMy step father’s badge (RIP) |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:33:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/taytay-177.gif With that said, I don't care much for baseball, and when I do watch it or play it on a game, I prefer the Sox over the Cubs anyway. Know what my nickname for Sox fans is? South side scum |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:36:38 PM EDT
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My mother's family hails from Minier.
ETA: Still too small for a McDonald's, even the express version. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:45:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: ...and then there is Eeleenahs! Here up north its all And everyone has a thick southern accent!  Went down to Vienna to bury my mom's ashes on her parent's grave. Different world from up north. Think I might be an misguided country boy. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:47:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: that’s only downstate with the southern accent. Everywhere else has a neutral accent. Just like bordering states of Iowa and Wisconsin Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ...and then there is Eeleenahs! Here up north its all And everyone has a thick southern accent! Went down to Vienna to bury my mom's ashes on her parent's grave. Different world from up north. Think I might be an misguided country boy. Wisconsin? Neutral accent?  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:48:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: that’s only downstate with the southern accent. Everywhere else has a neutral accent. Just like bordering states of Iowa and Wisconsin People from certain parts of Wisconsin (and Minnesota) have a Snow Mexican accent. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:50:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: People from certain parts of Wisconsin (and Minnesota) have a Snow Mexican accent. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: that’s only downstate with the southern accent. Everywhere else has a neutral accent. Just like bordering states of Iowa and Wisconsin People from certain parts of Wisconsin (and Minnesota) have a Snow Mexican accent. Everywhere in WI, MN. Some folks have stronger accents than others, as is the case anywhere. They start to talk that way in northern Illinois, northern Iowa. I find it endearing.  |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:59:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 Born and raised not to far from where these intersect.....been gone for over 10 yrs....live in Central America now....happy to have left |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 8:00:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Everywhere in WI, MN. Some folks have stronger accents than others, as is the case anywhere. They start to talk that way in northern Illinois, northern Iowa. I find it endearing. I went from “dees guise over by dere” to “howdy ya’ll” or something like that. I hear it when I talk to my family in Chicago and Wisconsin. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 8:01:48 PM EDT
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Collinsville, bitches!
(I escaped) |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 8:06:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, I did not. I grew up in a town of 30k, err, now it's 30k. Where you at isn't Chicago (easy to recognize the bridge, although that specific city is larger than 30k) You are probably as far west as I am. It isn't bad out here at all. When my backyard ends, a farm field starts. I like it that way. I was born IN THE CITY....I want no parts of that life. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 8:08:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The bustling metropolis of Pittsburg my friend. :) Granddad was a coal miner. Not to be confused with Metropolis, Illinois where I also spent time. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80279/28B98330-FC32-4889-9FEF-D71EA52E602A_jpe-2490573.JPG Generations of my family buried in Creal Springs. Small world. My dad lives in Pittsburgh now. I grew up in the Hurst area. Live near Carterville now. BW is one of my favorite books. |
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