How do you pronounce the word "wash"?

Question

Do you pronounce it as "warsh" or "wash"? And also important, where are you from?

I am from Maryland and we say "warsh."

People that I know from the south tend to think that people from the north like to add letters to words :) I know people from New York do that sometimes.. although I can't think of a good example!
The main reason I ask this question is because my husband is from Missouri and he teases me to no end about the way I say it.

Answer 1

LOL I say "wash" but my dad and a lot of other people I know say "warsh". There's also "urnge" instead of "orange" and "purch" instead of "porch". I'm from Georgia by the way.

Answer 2

I think that's funny . I like to playfully tease a friend of mine who is from Oklahoma about that. I'll say " Yeah I'd be happy to warsh those dishes"
But it's wash ( w-ah-sh)

Answer 3

Kinda sounds like "wooawwsh" I'm from New Jersey but I've heard people say "warsh" here too.

Answer 4

Most people say "wash." I had an aunt in Michigan who said, "warsh." That's because her family pronounced it that way.

Answer 5

i pronounce it wah-sh (form Chicago) but when I was down at the U of IL for college some of the townies said 'Warsh'. I thought it was funny.

Answer 6

y mom says warsh also (Illinois) altho I dont say it that way - the correct way is without the R

Answer 7

I'm from the North of England and we say 'wosh'.!

Answer 8

well I'm from england and I propnounce it 'wosh', so i assume thats the same as 'wash' in your example

Answer 9

wawsh thats how you pronounce wash.

Answer 10

Arkansas.........wash