when "wash" is pronounced "worsh", is that northern or southern?
i say it like that sometimes and i live in tennessee but I've heard different people say it was from different places.
2007-02-02 16:08:42 · 12 answers · asked by beishmonster 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have relatives in Missouri who pronounce it that way. It's funny, because when they say "Wash it" it sounds like "horse $#!+"
2007-02-02 18:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure it's a southern thing. A friend of mine moved up to Michigan from Tennessee and that's how her family said the word. However I've never heard anyone from here say it that way. So I think it's southern.
2007-02-02 16:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Re: worsh for wash:
It might be what you call a "Southern Midlands" pronunciation. I was born in Washington D.C. and "Worshington" is the way they pronounce the name of the city around there as well as in nearby Baltimore.
2007-02-02 17:51:04 · answer #3 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let me put it this way, I was born in New Jersey and raised in Pennsylvania and have been living in Texas for the past 7 years and in all of these states, I've heard people pronounce it "worsh" or "warsh". I just think it's a matter of their upbringing.
2007-02-02 16:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by greenize215 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father's family was from Pennington Gap, Virginia the south-western area near both the borders of Kentucky and Tennessee. His mother distinctly spoke this way. Wash was worsh. There were several other words now, and for the life of me, I can't remember them but i definitely remember washing.
2007-02-02 16:20:58 · answer #5 · answered by Professor K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is definately a Southern thing. I am from Ohio and I don't say it, nor does anyone I know. I can't stand southern accents because people who have them generally use improper English and slang and words that I have no idea what they mean. Also when I cannot understand what they are saying, it drives me insane. I am not saying there is a problem with Southern people, just the way they talk drives me up the wall.
2007-02-02 16:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by SuzyBelle04 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I was born and raised in Detroit after my parents came north from Clarksville, Tennessee. My third grade teacher--I'll never forget this--corrected me on how to "correctly" say "wash". I had always said it the way my parents did with an "r". So I think that Northerns tend NOT to say the word with an "r".
2007-02-02 16:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is southern. I know this because I am southern and say it a lot. And also have heard many people say it!
2007-02-04 07:29:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say dear it sounds a bit northern then southern, them yankies have strange accents ,so be proud of your southern accent and say your words smoothly like a true southern belle,it's sexy
2007-02-02 16:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by Baguio_bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Southern- i hear it hear in Ga, and ive heard it in Alabama and Mississippi
2007-02-02 16:16:49 · answer #10 · answered by Kicks Galore! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋