Jackie, this is (long) known as the south side accent. It is wrung dry by established(ing) radio personalities who are partial to the local sports franchises. He made a comparative comment about NY having an accent called Brooklynese which he claimed was The city’s dialect, he said, is much more indicative of one’s social status than of one’s neighborhood. “Although no one wants to admit this,” he added, “because we’re supposed to live in a classless society.” ... and this holds fairly true as it combines the city into one football team yet *clearly divides the city into north side/south side baseball teams...