Baltimore tourists may pronounce the city’s name with three equally stressed syllables, but local pronunciation can vary from block to block. According toDr. Christine Mallinson, … See more

If you visit Baltimore (City, County, or both) and some of its neighboring areas, it might sound like a lot of people are having issues with their car registration based on how much the D… See more

Baltimore’s local baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, are known as the O’s throughout the state of Maryland. Should you get the chance to watch an O’s game in Oriole P… See more

The word they has been used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun forhundreds of years, but Baltimore youth recently started using a new pronoun that serves the same purpose. Y… See more

The “Bawl-mer” side of the city has a different gender-neutral term. Hon is an affectionate name for someone—be that a friend or a stranger—which is derived from the word h… See more