Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore!: Hon: Past, Present And Future

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The word “Hon,” as an abbreviation of the word “honey,” is hardly unique to Baltimore. Indeed, in cities all along the Eastern Seaboard, and beyond, you will find the term employed with varying degrees of affection, from the waitress pouring coffee to the mother addressing her child. “Hon,” in fact, is everywhere.

Hon: Past, Present And Future

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Yet many who live here regard this colloquialism as intrinsic to Baltimore’s character as the Orioles, painted screens and Old Bay. For them, the word, as much as anything, harkens back to the city of their youth. The city of their mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers - strong, predominantly white working-class women whose memories forever call them home to a past as resilient to the erosive ravages of time as the marble steps of an East Baltimore rowhouse. - from the introduction

AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING - Rafael Alvarez

I MARRIED A HON! - Bill Hughes

OUTLAW - Dean Bartoli Smith

WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME - Nancy O. Greene

YOU CAN TAKE THE HON OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT... - Joe Higler

INFRINGEMENT - Lloyd Stiles

SORRY, HON, I CAN'T RELATE - Cheryl Fair

DETHRONING A SELF-ANOINTED QUEEN BEE - Lisa Singer

THIS IS HAMPDEN, NOT CAFÉ HON TOWN - China Martens

HON PROTEST: A PHOTO ESSAY - Bill Hughes

CAFÉ HON: NOT THE PLACE FOR ME - Caryn Coyle

WHAT IT IS AND ISN'T, HON - Tracy Lee Santos

SMILE, "HON," YOU AREN'T IN BROOKLYN ANYMORE - Heck

ON MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS - Sharon Goldner

MOM'S FIRST TASTE, 1963 - Dean Bartoli Smith

THE MINERS - Dean Bartoli Smith

BIG BRASS…™ - Alison Seay

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Author	William P. Tandy (editor)
Publisher	Eight-Stone Press
Page Count	56pp
Publication Size	5.5 x 8.5
Publication Notes	saddle-stitched, bw
Publication Date	March 30, 2010
ISBN	000-0000000000