n. In Baltimoron, this is the "home city" of Baltimore. While this is the usual spelling for the word, a more correctly
phonetic spelling would be "Bawlamer." (Those of you in the Mid-West might pronounce the first "a" as a short a, and that would be
incorrect.) Baltimore is
frequently shortened further to "Balmer." Again, this is the accepted spelling, but a more correctly phonetic spelling would be "Bawlmer."
"Doen'cha knoe, I'm from Balamer,
'n' crabs is whut I'm eechin' feur!
Doen'cha knoe, Santa dear,
With sum cold crabs 'nd
a beer,
It would be jus like
a trip back to old Bal-tee-more,
Baaaaal-teeee-mooore!"
--
David DeBoy, 'Crabs For Christmas'