From Philly area and unfortunately, I do sometimes talk like dis (this): (from website called Philly Slang:
Aaeg - Egg
Addi-tood - Attitude
Aeneeding - Anything
A-ite - Alright
A-ready - Already
Arnch - Orange (Pattie) Also "Aren't you" as in Arnch you glad to see me?
Ac-a-me - Acme Market
Alrighty - Stop it already with alrighty! The word doesn’t exist.
Arn or Eye-urn or Eyern - Clothes Iron.
Aster-ick - Asterisk
Ath-a-lete - Athlete
Ats All, Dat’s All - That’s all
Bat-tree - Battery
Baff-room - Bathroom
Beggles - (Submitted by Sarah, 10/02))
Bee-yood-ee-ful - Beautiful
Big Ma-hoff - An ostentatious person; a big shot
Birff-day - Birthday
Bref-fist - Breakfast
Casina - Casino
Chimley - Chimney (Pattie) rare usage.
Caus - Because
Colbert - Sewer (Tom Burke, changed from Colbin, Aug 06 see feedback, Feedback Jun 07 says proper word is Culvert)
Coont - Couldn't
Cooughee - Coffee
Con-fra-bill - Comfortable
Con-ter-versy - Contraversy
Crown - Crayon
Cump-nee - Company
Dahnashure - At the beach as in Lannick Ciddy, OhCee, Whilewould and the
like. The alternative is upamount'ns to the poke-noes
Def-lee - Definitely
Dis, Dat, Dey, Dees, Doze, Dem, Dough - This, That, They, These,
Those, Them, Though
Dint - Didn't
Do-in - Doing, as in "Hal ya doin?"
Draff - Draft
Draw - Drawer
E - He
Earl - Oil
Figger - Figure
Fighdollas - Five Dollars (Patti)
Fluffia - Philadelphia
Fridge, Ice Box - Refrigerator
Fuss-trated - Frustrated
Ga head, GeHead, Gaw head - Go Ahead
Goff-forbid - God forbid
Gun-all - Canoli (the delectable Italian pastry)
Haff - Have
Hal? - How?
Hunnert - Hundred
Husbint - Husband (Pattie)
I-dear - Idea
Iggles - Eagles
Ice-ning - Icing
Ir-regardless - Regardless
Jeet? - Did you eat? No, Jew?- No, did you?
Kel-ler - Color
Lannick Ciddy or Lantic Ciddy - Atlantic City
Laasch, Las - Last
Leck-tric - Electric
Leven - Eleven
Lie-berry - Library
Lot-tree - Lottery
MAC - Local version of an ATM (automated teller machine)(Thanks Tommy)
Meer-oe - Mirror
My-en - Mine
MayazWell - May as well
Newsey - Nosey
Nuthin, Nuttin - Nothing
Offen - Often
Ollars - Dollars
Olney - A neighborhood in the Northeast, pronounced AH - LEN - EE or AH - LEH - NEE
Paa-ler - Parlor or living room
Pay-mint - Pavement
Pea-nits - Peanuts
Petique - Petite
Pix-ture, Pitcher - Picture
Pock-a-book - Purse
Plug - Fire Hydrant, specifically when used for first or third base in streetball or a boundryline. Limited neighborhood use, possibly south philly.
Prob-lee - Probably
Rawn - Ruin
Re-dic-liss - Ridiculous
Reg-a-ler - Regular
San-wich, Sang-wich - Sandwich
Sim-u-lar - Similar
Soar, Sol - Saw
Sow-Philly - South Philly, leave off the TH (Thanks Jessica)
Sparra-grass - Asparagus
Taawk - Talk
Tal - Towel
Took-en - Taken
Tree - Three
U-mid - Humid
U-min - Human
Ward-er or Whadder or Wooder - Water, H20 (Thanks Brooke for Wooder)
WaWa - A local conveniance store similar to but better than 7-11(Thanks Tommy)
Whaddya? - What do you?
Which-a-ma-callit - The name of a person, place or thing that Alzheimer’s has removed from your memory bank
Whoodaya? - Who do you?
Winda, Win-dill - Window
Wit - With
Wit-out - Without
Woont - Wouldn't
Yesta-day - Yesterday
Yea - Yes (Thanks Jessica)
Youse, Yziz - You (plural)
Zink - Sink (Patti)
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