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19 Reasons You Know You're From Baltimore

There's more to us than Old Bay, crabs and Natty Boh.

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19 Reasons You Know You're From Baltimore

If you're from Baltimore, you know that we are much more than a bunch of "Balti-morons" who put Old Bay on everything and scream "O" at the top of our lungs during the National Anthem. There are a multitude of things that make us who we are, and we are not ashamed. If you're guilty of the following, chances are you're from Baltimore, Maryland!

1. As stated before, we put Old Bay seasoning on EVERYTHING.

If they don't use Old Bay, they use J.O. Spice. Just remember that there IS a difference between the two.

2. As also stated before, we obnoxiously scream the "O" in the National Anthem due to our undying love for the Baltimore Orioles.

3. Speaking of the letter O, we say words with the letter O in them super weirdly. For example just listen to someone from Baltimore say the words home or phone.

It's almost like we are talking extremely nasally. No one can pretend to have a Baltimore accent. Especially not Kathy Bates in American Horror Story: Freakshow (no offense Kathy.)

4. Another thing about our speech is how we don't enunciate words.

Our words are all bunched together because we talk fast, don't pronounce the letter T, and we eliminate entire syllables from words.

5. Or, the fact that we all pronounce Baltimore like "Bawl-d-more" or "Bawl-murr."

6. You will also always be referred to as "hon" around here. We have an entire festival dedicated to all the hons around town called Hon-fest.

7. We are die hard fans when it comes to our hometown teams, and we all hate anything that starts with the word Pittsburgh.

8. If we see a skyline, we know it's ours when we see the triangle or slanted top of the Aquarium in it.

See that little slanted line at the end? That's the aquarium which means it's a real Baltimore skyline.

9. If you are eating crabs and you aren't from Baltimore, you probably don't know the correct way to pick them.

Don't worry though, any Baltimore native can show you the ropes. Or this article in the Baltimore Sun can...http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/maryland-crab...

10. Also, the type of crab matters. Blue crab is the best.

11. Jimmy and Sally are not just the names of people around here. A Jimmy is a male crab, while a Sally is a female.

If you can't tell the difference, here is a quick diagram.

12. If you think you've had a good crab cake, but it wasn't from a Baltimore restaurant, it wasn't that good.

13. Berger and Otterbein Cookies are the best kind of cookies and there is no argument about it.

14. The word "beau" is actually spelled "boh" in Baltimore. It doesn't mean a new boy toy, it means the greatest beer ever brewed.

Your new beau probably doesn't drink Natty Boh anyway because he's "too good for that."

15. Snowballs are different than snow-cones, and they are so much better.

Especially with marshmallow on top.

16. The Wire may have been filmed in Baltimore, but it's not an accurate representation of how things actually are around these parts.

17. We all know where House of Cards, The Wire, and most importantly Hairspray were filmed. Every single location.

18. We are the birth place of many famous people including Francis Scott Key and Edgar Allan Poe, and we can brag about it.

19. Natty Boh and the Utz Girl are totally in love.

If you don't understand the statement above, you're definitely not from Baltimore.

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