I was just skimming over a question asked by another Yahoo! user regarding the pronounciation of Houston in NY vs. TX. This promptly led me to wonder about the people who throw in "r"s randomly into words.
The #1 word that pops into mind is "washer." I have met people who pronounce it as "warsher," and was wondering if there is a specific region in the US where this may have stemmed from? Or is this just a general "tom-ay-to tom-ah-to" type no-real-answer deal?
2006-08-02 20:02:06 · 21 answers · asked by dreamin delux 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My parents live in Ohio, and actually I noticed that people pronounce Reeses Pieces as "ree-sees pee-sees" ....... It drives me nuts.
2006-08-02 20:07:37 · update #1
It's a "tom-ay-toh/tom-ah-toh" type question. My Aunt from St. Louis does that, but my Uncle and my mother also both raised in St. Louis have never done that.
My dad says he has an Uncle in NY that does that too....
And as the majority of other responces you've gotten shows, it's just one of those things.
Annoying actually. But it's not from any one specific region.
2006-08-02 20:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by DEATH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with the regional dialects. It occurs all over the world. An example would be that the french spoken in Quebec, Canada is totally different from the french spoken in Paris, France.
2006-08-02 20:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by I love my husband 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do it in the Pittsburgh area, I am originally from a small town there named Washington and so many people call it Warshington, they are consistant they also Warsh their clothes.
2006-08-02 20:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by curls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is maybe they don`t realize that they mispronouncing it. Or it may be the way they were brought up around foreigner parents or grandparents so how the elders said it they tended to do the same..
2006-08-02 20:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends where you are to know how to pronounce things but really it is a north south thing and down here in the south i am considered country
2006-08-08 12:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by Denise C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New England
2006-08-02 20:05:18 · answer #6 · answered by ashlibby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use both. Washer is what you put on a bike. Washer is for dirty clothes
2016-11-08 06:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in the south as a girl....many people pronounced it Warsher...that were true southerners...I thought it was funny...also they said "AL" for owl....
2006-08-02 20:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the redneck society. Very Southern.
2006-08-02 20:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by mary c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly the midwestern region, they do all kinds of crazy stuff
2006-08-02 20:05:13 · answer #10 · answered by Shawtime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋