Belt: How to Speak Midwestern

A Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Support.In this book on midwestern accents and sayings, Edward McClelland (Folktales and Legends of the Midwest) explains what midwesterners say and how and why they say it. He examines such mysteries as the causes of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, explains the nasality of Minnesota speech, and details why Chicagoans talk more like people from Buffalo than their next-door neighbors in Wisconsin. He also provides humorous definitions of jargon from the region, including: squeaky cheese, city chicken, shampoo banana, the Pittsburgh toilet, Yinzers and Cheeseheads, FIB, bubbler, Chevy in the Hole, jagoff.