To: Darnright
Whyn't yuh jest warsh 'em, instaid?
WARSH...There's one I haven't heard in awhile. I went to school with a girl who "warshed" her hands. What's the origin of this? I was born and raised in SE Michigan and as far as I know, she was too.
To: OldBlondBabe
After warshing'n drying clothes, y'all hast to arn 'em, you hear?
To: OldBlondBabe
Worked with a lady from Michigan years ago...not only was the word 'warsh'...but chimney had an 'l' in it. Chimnley. my ex husband's family were displaced upper mid-westerners living in Boston and they thought I had an accent. I was from CA. Go figure.
Red
300 posted on
05/18/2004 12:51:03 PM PDT by
Conservative4Ever
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To: OldBlondBabe
Old time natives of Floyd County, Virginia pronounced the verb wash, as "warsh". In addition, the word, "it", was pronounced "hit". They also referred to "rinse", as "rinch", or "wrench". I've heard older people native to Bath County, VA use the same pronounciation.
To: OldBlondBabe
WARSH...There's one I haven't heard in awhile. My dad uses that term. My mom doesn't. Both from Detroit(although my dad moved a lot growing up).
303 posted on
05/18/2004 12:56:34 PM PDT by
Dan from Michigan
("Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America being passive. They were wrong.” - Reagan)
To: OldBlondBabe
WARSH...There's one I haven't heard in awhile"Warsh" seems to exist in pockets all over the country.
336 posted on
05/18/2004 1:56:39 PM PDT by
arthurus
(Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
To: OldBlondBabe
Here in North Alabama it is an old Southern word used by the Hillbillies.
There are and were a lot of Southern people who moved up North and settled. Maybe shes from some of them.
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