Some more fun from the Dialectizer
Here is the opening of a monologue that can be currently heard on Broadway. Take a guess what it is.
JIVE VERSION
From seein' all dose movie beatals, ah' used t'boogie around on de street, and I'd dig caught all de time. God, it wuz embarrassin'. ah' wuz always bein' Cyd Charisse... Always. Which ah' duzn't real dig it, cuz' I always wants'ed t'be an acto'. ah' mean, ah' real wants'ed t'puh'fo'm. Once mah' cousin said t'me, "You's'll neva' be an acto'" and ah' knowed she wuz tellin' me dis cuz' I wuz such some sissy. Slap mah fro! ah' mean, ah' wuz terribly effeminate. ah' always knowed ah' wuz gay, but dat dun didn't boda' me. Whut bodered me wuz dat ah' dun didn't know how t'be some boy. Slap mah fro!