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A perfectly good sentence, in Chicago

12.13.2010 by David Murray // 6 Comments

Ran across some fine marketing copy from the website of a Chicago auto mechanic who installs remote-control starters:

"Nothing beats Chicago winters than having your car warmed up before you step in."

What? You say the sentence is an utterly unintelligible syntactic abomination?

Dat's cuz yer nat from Chicahgo.

Listen to it now.


Any questions? Dint think so.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // Chicago accent, Chicago Manual of Style, Chicagoan

Comments

  1. Joan H. says

    December 13, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    You make me laugh. Nice job.

    Reply
  2. Joan H. says

    December 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    This made me really miss you, David. Merry Christmas to you and your wee family.

    Reply
  3. Steve C. says

    December 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    You sound like those Bears fans on Saturday Night Live.
    I hate those guys.
    Steve C.

    Reply
  4. Steve C. says

    December 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    You sound like those Bears fans on Saturday Night Live.
    I hate those guys.
    Steve C.

    Reply
  5. Steve C. says

    December 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    You sound like those Bears fans on Saturday Night Live.
    I hate those guys.
    Steve C.

    Reply
  6. susan guthrie says

    December 14, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    I just love you, my brutha from anotha mutha.
    Sister Sue

    Reply

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