Love the posting. Lived in Racine/Milwaukee from birth till 18. Then Baltimore for 6 yrs, and now Florida for 11. Your notes are soooo true! After 16 yrs of marriage my hubbie still teases me about certain words: Bag (as in paper bag) = pronounced with a short a, eastern shore long a Dime (money) = pronounced diyem (or so he says that is how I say it) Bagel = same short a as bag You's guys = IT IS A WORD!!! Roof = I say Ruf he says roooooof What is with non-Wisconsiners? They need speech therapy, after their Friday Fish Fry at the Serb Hall in Milwaukee!!!! Thanks for the snickers! Lori S

I guess we are off subject...but, what about the word creek. I usually say "crik", down here they say "creeek"..like the ruf and roof. Now that I've been out of Wisconsin for so many years, I can spot a Wisconsin "accent" and tell the difference between Michigan and Minnesota...it's amazing.

The house I grew up in had a crick in the back yard. My hubbie was raised eating breakfast, lunch & dinner. I had breakfast, dinner & supper! Our kids think I am nuts for some of the words I use, I explain that I am just trying to raise them right! hahahaha Also, in case anyone is interested, the surnames I am researching in Milwaukee, are Seelman, Merath, Bauman, Reynolds, Bradley, Mahoney, Delles & Ludowese(actually Ozaukee), Sebastian. Anyone else out there? Lori