Did you buy some bakery this morning? What about your car — did you park it at the ramp? If you live in Milwaukee, you’ve likely developed an ear for the city’s unique lexicon, known as "Milwaukee-ese ...

Some Milwaukeeans may look at you strangely if you pronounce the “L” in their city’s name. For many natives, the name is Mi-waukee, not Mil-waukee. But that’s not the only thing that Wisconsinites say ...

One of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s signature humanities projects, the 50-year-old Dictionary of American Regional English, is in financial peril and faces possible closure this year. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you buy some bakery this morning? What about your car — did you park it at the ramp? If you live in Milwaukee, you’ve likely ...