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Guide to Ciro's English, compiled by Ted Jerome, 1979 |
IN DE WAY I FIGGUR: As I see it PEETSBOURG: Pittsburg DOW-VEN-EE-AH: Down here STEKA: Steak DOO-ER-TEE: Dirty ARN: Horn FAIRMUT: Falmouth SHEN-E-KET-EE: Schenectady STOVA GES: Gas Stove TOO MANY: Lots of SCRIME: Scream SAID: Means REK: Rocket POONTCH: Punch DA BENZON EDGE: Benson and Hedges BOB Y OPE: Bob Hope NO WOR'N'BOUT: Don't worry about it A-EE-A-EEE: From here to here YA MA: Yes, but... TAKED'OFF: Take off FUTE JOIST: Foot Joint LIKA THET: Like that WHAT PLACE YOU STAY?: Where are you? NEED ARE: Must be HOW YOU DO?: How are you?? FIN-EESH: Finish AFFETTA-WOODS: Afterwards MISE-FA-NOW-AH: Miles per hour REMEMBER: Remind ZNOW: Snow TWENTY EIGHT OH: 280 FRIDEE IZ OPEN DA SHEP?: Is the shop open Friday? HOW MUCH DEGREES?: What temperature is it? OLLY POP: Lolly pop ZIK-EH-ZUH: Six VAK-OO-MO-CLEAN: Vacuum cleaner STEZ WAY: Stairway DEE: Of MEEST: Mystery WATCH: Look for TEEN: Tinted POOTA: Put CALLA: Call A-VA-DA: Has A-VA-DA: BEEG UNGREE Am very hungry I NO EAT: I will not eat SUMATING: Something SELL: Cellar WHAT PLACE STAY: Where is SPESCH: Special OH BRO: Oh, brother HET: Hat BEE-SHEN-TEN-EL: Bicentennial I'MA SOR': I'm sorry TOOO-ER-TY: Thirty TOO-ER-TEEE: Thirteen SANGUITCH: Sandwich SKREP: Scrap NO NUFF: Not enough DEEK: Dick ALL TIME YOU WANT: Whenever you want STRA-GA-DUP: Straighten up TIME AGO: Before EGG ZEGETLY: Exactly SCHPLAIN: Explain NO ARE: Aren't KEN-TEK-A-CHEEK: Kentucky Fried Chicken SEEZ KUBES: Cubic centimeters BYOOK: Buick ALL THING: Everything M: Elmer TROW'WAY: Throw away DENGU: Thank you ALL TIME: Always AINZA-FLUTE: Haines Flute ANY-MOO: Honeymoon YOU WANT I...: Would you like me... STRAIGT: Straight WIZAGUY: Wise guy WAH-YOU-DO: What are you doing NYON-EE-WAY: Isn't it so? (fairly rare Italian dialect) TAPE: Tap TAPE: Tape (yes...) WHAT WAY: How COMMA: Like, Becomes WHADAPPENEE-AH: What's going on? BUILT-EH: Rebuilt DO-ER-LEE: Early MILLIONEN: Million MILLIARD: Billion AH-MY: Hammer BONTCH: Bunch BRASS-O-LET: Bracelet TOO MAN-EE MON-EE: Too much money TINK: Think TAIR-MO: Thermometer BASS-A-MENT: Basement EYE GLOSS: High gloss TICK-AN-ITSY: Take it easy |