How a Lithuanian Jewish Kid, at 14, Joined “Da Chicagah Machine”…by Robert M. Katzman
How a Lithuanian Jewish Kid, at 14, Joined “Da Chicagah Machine”
by Robert M. Katzman © January 13, 2019
Chicago is a museum of unassimilated words, accents and physical expressions. North Side Jewish accent, rich kids, was very different from the West Side, the immigrants and the South Side, home of the white collar, the working-class Jews. The Chosen People had different voices, even in the American Promised Land.
Dees guys, dis stuff, dem bricks and dos cops came from the Germans who came here earlier.
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