Wordie: Wash: Comments

Comment by bilby, 21 days ago

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:22:49 +0000

Nigerian English - Use a newly acquired item for the first time. If new car is bought washing includes prayer for safe travelling after which drinks are served.

Comment by rocksinmypockets, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:30:25 +0000

I've never heard "George Warshington" before. Shoosh, that's funny.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:47:00 +0000

It's also a classic Pittsburgh-ism, so some of those consonants didn't migrate as far as Ohio. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:20:34 +0000

I know lots of people from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana who say "warsh." Also some from western Virginia--Roanoke area.

It annoys me because they also say "George Warshington," which is just... come on. That blows.

Comment by rocksinmypockets, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:19 +0000

Of course! The universal law of conservation of consonants. Clearly I need to page through my grade school texts as a refresher; I'd completely forgotten it. ;)

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:45:31 +0000

*sound of jaw hitting the floor in rapt amazement*

Comment by sionnach, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:03:34 +0000

I think that "warsh' for "wash" is just a manifestation of the universal law of conservation of consonants. All those 'r's gone AWOL from pahking the cah in Hahvahd yahd had to show up somewhere. It is believed that they heeded Horace Greeley's exhortation to "go west", following the manifest destiny of consonants, and ended up in Illinois.

Comment by rocksinmypockets, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:56:29 +0000

It's a regional thing. Warsh is more commonly heard than wash in north central Illinois. At least in my own personal experience.

My grandma always said warsh, so I'm rather fond of it, myself.

Comment by picklechipsluva5, 11 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:46:35 +0000

I absolutely hate it with a burning passion when people say warsh. Ughhhh...