Editing Baltimore accent (section)

==In popular culture==

===Films===
The films of [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]], many of which have been filmed in and around Baltimore, often attempt to capture the Baltimore accent, particularly the early films. For example, John Waters uses his own Baltimore accent in the commentary during his film ''[[Pink Flamingos]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Pink_Flamingos/Fun_Facts|title=Pink Flamingos/Fun Facts - The Grindhouse Cinema Database|website=www.grindhousedatabase.com|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> [[John Travolta]]'s character in the 2007 version of John Waters's ''[[Hairspray (2007 film)|Hairspray]]'' spoke with an exaggerated Baltimore accent. Likewise, several of the films of [[Barry Levinson]] are set in and around Baltimore during the 1940s-1960s, and employ the Baltimore accent. [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]], who ''was'' born and raised in Baltimore, speaks with a West Baltimore accent.

===Television===
Television drama series ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' and ''[[The Wire]]'' are both set in Baltimore and in some cases include actors who are native white and black Baltimoreans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-18-actors-who-appeared-on-both-homicide-and-the-wire-20160105-photogallery.html|title=21 actors who appeared on both 'Homicide' and 'The Wire'|last=Kaltenbach|first=Chris|work=Baltimore Sun|access-date=2017-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref> In the early ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' episode "Three Men and Adena", a suspect, Risley Tucker, describes how he can tell whereabouts in or around the city a person comes from simply by whether they pronounce the city's name as "Balti-maw", "Balti-moh", or "Bawl-mer".<ref>{{Citation|last=Manas Burna|title=Homicide S01E05 Three Men and Adena|date=2016-02-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gan5ZcHctlI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Gan5ZcHctlI |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-12-02}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In Season 4, Episode 7 of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', Baltimore actor [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]] portrays the father of Ullman's character JoJo. The skit is set in a Baltimore row house. Tucker advises [[Tracey Ullman|Ullman]] to "take a Liverpool accent and Americanize it." The episode called "The Stoops" begins with Tracey washing her marble stoops, which are the most common small porches attached to most Baltimore town homes (called row houses in Baltimore).<ref>{{cite news|title=The Stoops|work=The Tracey Ullman Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOOYntGgxA&t=28s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/NHOOYntGgxA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In the ''[[30 Rock]]'' episode, "[[I Do Do]]", [[Elizabeth Banks]] parodies the accent by portraying Avery Jessup, the spokesperson for the fictional Overshoppe.com in a [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]] scene.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaHuLMg9tY  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/HKaHuLMg9tY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|work=30 Rock|title=I Do Do}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Kathy Bates]]' character on the "Freak Show" season of ''[[American Horror Story]]'' was inspired by a Baltimore accent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bartel|first=Jordan|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|title='American Horror Story': The curious case of Kathy Bates' Baltimore-ish accent|date=October 15, 2014|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bthesite/tv-lust/bal-american-horror-story-the-curious-case-of-kathy-bates-baltimoreish-accent-20141015-story.html|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schremph|first=Kelly|work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]|title=Kathy Bates' Accent on 'AHS: Freak Show' Is an Enigma That Needs to Be Unraveled|date=October 8, 2014|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/43372-kathy-bates-accent-on-ahs-freak-show-is-an-enigma-that-needs-to-be-unraveled|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=MsKathyBates|author=Bates, Kathy |number=520085081298186241|date=9 October 2014|title=@gliattoT People online. Just to clear up the mystery, my accent is Baltimore not "broad Canadian." :-)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/10/22/7031005/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-accent-baltimore|title=Kathy Bates's accent is the strangest on TV. So we asked a linguist to place it.|work=Vox|access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>

Whether it was on [[Russillo and Kanell|his ESPN Radio show]] or ''[[SportsCenter|SportsCenter at Night]]'', [[Scott Van Pelt]] always ended his segments with [[Tim Kurkjian]] by mentioning names in a Baltimore accent featuring at least one fronted '[[o]]'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/scott-van-pelt-tim-kurkjian-baltimore-accent-giggling-video|title=Scott Van Pelt uses his Baltimore accent to turn Tim Kurkjian into a giggling child|date=2015-09-15|work=For The Win|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Music===
Singer-songwriter [[Mary Prankster]] uses several examples of Baltimore slang in her song, "Blue Skies Over Dundalk," from the album of the same name, including, "There'll be O's fans going downy ocean, hon."

===Podcasts===
[[Jason La Canfora]], host of the ''B-More Opinionated''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-03|title=B-More Opinionated! – B-More Opinionated Podcast|url=http://bmoshow.com/|access-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203073153/http://bmoshow.com/|archive-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> podcast with Jerry Coleman and resident of [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]], regularly discussed events of the [[NFL|National Football League]] for ''[[The Tony Kornheiser Show]]'' podcast and will end the segment plugging his own podcast in a heavy Baltimore accent. The accent is so distinct that his dog, Copper, will react to it, barking constantly because he knows it is time for a walk.

Comedian [[Stavros Halkias]] (a native of [[Greektown, Baltimore|Greektown]]) was also known for performing an exaggerated version of a Baltimore accent on the podcast ''[[Cum Town]]'', when impersonating a typical citizen of [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/stavros-halkias-lets-start-a-cult-performance-close-read.html|title=Stavros Halkias Has Star Power|first=Hershal|last=Pandya|date=October 28, 2024|website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/taylor-swift-stavros-stavvy-ronnie-chiefs-ravens-celebrities-counter-afc-championship|title=They’ve Got Her. We’ve Got Stavvy|website=www.baltimoreravens.com}}</ref>