") ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁inform al ▁name ▁for ▁someone ▁else . ▁It ▁is ▁almost ▁always ▁used ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁sentence , ▁e . g ., ▁" how ▁bout ▁dem ▁O ' s , ▁Hon ?" * ▁Baltimore ' s ▁acc ent ▁exempl ifies ▁a ▁dialect al ▁continu um ▁between ▁T ide water ▁American ▁English , ▁a ▁southern ▁American ▁dialect , ▁and ▁Del aware ▁Valley ▁American ▁English , ▁a ▁common ▁coast al ▁dialect , ▁lo os ely ▁possess ing ▁the ▁v owel ▁sh ifts ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁and ▁general ▁pron unci ation ▁of ▁the ▁latter . ▁For ▁instance , ▁" B alt imore " ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁" B ald am ore " ▁or ▁even ▁" Bal mer ", ▁and ▁" M ary land " ▁becomes ▁" M ur land ", ▁" M url an ", ▁or ▁" Mer lin ." ▁Other ▁common ▁pron unci ations ▁include ▁" ool ", ▁" amb l ance ", ▁" wood er ", ▁" war sh ", ▁" sh arr ▁or ▁sh a ow ", ▁" far ", ▁" c own y ", ▁" te w ", ▁“ lor ” ▁and ▁" z inc " ▁( o il , ▁amb ul ance , ▁water , ▁was h , ▁show er , ▁fire , ▁county , ▁two , ▁“ l il ”, ▁and ▁sink ▁respectively ). ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁popular ▁summ ert ime ▁phrase , ▁" go in ' ▁down y ▁ay sh in " ▁( going ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁ocean , ▁usually ▁referring ▁to ▁Ocean