Hello all new to this forum I found it on yahoo search or was it google but any way

a hardy hello all!!!!

Welcome to the boards. What part of Illinois?

Hello and welcome! Looking forward to your posts!

Hi there - Welcome to the boards :-)

Welcome to the site

Hey Willard, I'm North of Chicago, where do you hail from.

in case many of you don't recognize it, here is some local Chicago slang that you should know.
> CHICAGO SLANG
>
> 1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo,
> Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? How my supposta cut da grass if I don't
> git intada grach?"
>
> 2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a
> sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it's an Italian Beef
> sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a
> perilously soggy bun.
>
> 3. Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears"
> or "Da Mare" -- the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's
> often called.
>
> 4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular
> name for one of the region's dominant grocery store chains. "I'm goin'
> to the Jewels to pick up some sassage."
>
> 5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Now
> Macy's. Also Carson Pirie Scott, another major department store chain, is simply
> called " Cars on 's."
>
> 6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only
> got tree inches of snow da udder night."
>
> 7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing a
> site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at the
> Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."
>
> 8. Kaminski Park : The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the
> Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was renamed U.S.
> Cellular Field (da Cell)
>
> 9. Frunchroom: As in, "Get outta da frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes."
> It's not the "parlor." It's not the "living room." In the land of the
> bungalow, it's the "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe,
> from "front room."
>
> 10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use
> goin'?"

Dennis, as you know, I am in college studing to become a Sign Language Interpreter. I study language every day, and I must say, your CHICAGO SLANG post is too funny, lol. Any Chicago Bowling Slang?

Welcome Willard. Thats how I pretty much found this site as well as the other ones I looked at for bowling had either too much fighting between people that just didn't like each other, or too much spam [censored] posts. I'm glad I did as I'm sure you will.

Silvercoach, growing up in Chicago, I never noticed the local slang. After I went away to College and spent a little time in the military, I returned and couldn't understand anyone.
The most common Chicago colloquialism is what I intentionally said in My first sentence to Willard. Chicagoans always end a sentence with a preposition. Just trying to make him feel at home.

Welcome, again, Willard. Now, where ya from? Da Burbs? Nort or Sout side? Oh yeah, we drop the H's on those too.