I know where that is, too. It's right by Wigfield which is on Adams, I believe. And it's only a few blocks away from Lake Shore Drive. Which surprises me since that's such a busy area.

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.

June 2004

APR 06, 2007 11:00 AM

PaulNikon said:
Awww look at the wild doggie.

Canis familiaris == Canis lupus =/= Canis latrans.

Admiral_Pants

Austin, TX

May 2004

APR 06, 2007 12:03 PM

StarBelliedBoy said:
Dude... has anybody HAD one a them garlic bread prime rib jauns? That sounds delicious, and I'd probably stab your mother for one right about now.

Not that great.

Also, what's a jaun?

Mockingbird said:
I know where that is, too. It's right by Wigfield which is on Adams, I believe. And it's only a few blocks away from Lake Shore Drive. Which surprises me since that's such a busy area.

The video footage shocked the hell out of me b/c the bustling street looked like any normal street say, in Manhattan. How the hell did no one notice this thing traipsing around there?! It's mind boggling.

Jena

New York, NY

June 2003

APR 06, 2007 05:07 PM

Admiral_Pants said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Dude... has anybody HAD one a them garlic bread prime rib jauns? That sounds delicious, and I'd probably stab your mother for one right about now.

Not that great.

Also, what's a jaun?

Jaun or Jawn is urban Philadelphia slang which is basically short for any person, place or thing.

"That coyote snuggled right up in that in jaun." or "Yes, YES right up against them SoBe jawns." "Chumpy" is another word for it. "That chumpy was cute." (def #s 12 & 13)

I lived in a Philly ghetto for 4 years. It has its own mystifying laws reguarding the English language.

Admiral_Pants

Austin, TX

May 2004

APR 06, 2007 06:25 PM

Pussy_Galore said:

Admiral_Pants said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Dude... has anybody HAD one a them garlic bread prime rib jauns? That sounds delicious, and I'd probably stab your mother for one right about now.

Not that great.

Also, what's a jaun?

Damned Philidelphians, what with their funny words and their fresh princes and their... cracked bells...

Jena

New York, NY

June 2003

APR 06, 2007 08:25 PM

Admiral_Pants said:
Also, what's a jaun?

Pussy_Galore said:
Jaun or Jawn is urban Philadelphia slang which is basically short for any person, place or thing.

"That coyote snuggled right up in that in jaun."

That broken record sentence should've read "That coyote snuggled right up in that jaun." Apologies.

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA

December 2003

APR 06, 2007 08:32 PM

Pussy_Galore said:
Jaun or Jawn is urban Philadelphia slang which is basically short for any person, place or thing.

"That coyote snuggled right up in that in jaun." or "Yes, YES right up against them SoBe jawns." "Chumpy" is another word for it. "That chumpy was cute." (def #s 12 & 13)

I lived in a Philly ghetto for 4 years. It has its own mystifying laws reguarding the English language.

Deep Philly accents are ugly, ugly noise. I do like to reach into the local patois just for some flavor now and then, though. *adjusts monocle*

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.

June 2004

APR 06, 2007 08:38 PM

StarBelliedBoy said:

Deep Philly accents are ugly, ugly noise. I do like to reach into the local patois just for some flavor now and then, though.

You make it sound like hawking a loogie.

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY

February 2004

APR 06, 2007 08:58 PM

Pussy_Galore said:

Admiral_Pants said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Dude... has anybody HAD one a them garlic bread prime rib jauns? That sounds delicious, and I'd probably stab your mother for one right about now.

Not that great.

Also, what's a jaun?

bwahahahah~! and then theres the indicator for when one noun is near or on top of another: "no, not that! its the chumpy on the jawn!"

Helter

Chester, PA

OLD SKOOL

APR 06, 2007 11:29 PM

I never realized that "jawn" was philly-centric. I thought it was everywhere.... How the hell does everyone else refer to an un-named but specific "thing"?

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

APR 07, 2007 06:54 AM

Helter said:
I never realized that "jawn" was philly-centric. I thought it was everywhere.... How the hell does everyone else refer to an un-named but specific "thing"?

The word "thing" seems to work, perhaps with a description if they don't understand.