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Post by NOTTHOR on Apr 21, 2008 15:54:10 GMT -6
Also, tell us your hometown. The winner will have "wash" turned into that word on the special filter.
"I'm fixin' to wersh my tractor"
"I'm fixin' to warsh my tractor"
I have a feeling this could become even more epic than the dinner/supper debate.
I lived in Coalville, not far from Otho. We were a wersh town.
Wershington
Warshington
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Post by idrinkthereforeiam on Apr 21, 2008 16:08:21 GMT -6
Wash
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Post by hawkeyedug on Apr 21, 2008 16:12:46 GMT -6
My mom says Warsh, I attempt to correct her, my attempts are wholly unsuccessful.
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Post by hawkeyedug on Apr 21, 2008 16:13:19 GMT -6
Actually is is wOrsh.
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Post by MoHawk on Apr 21, 2008 16:30:02 GMT -6
My mom says worsh...but only when describing the act of doing laundry or cleaning an object of some sort. NOT when referring to a person or place.
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Post by 101 on Apr 21, 2008 16:39:47 GMT -6
I'll have to agree with Spank on this one. There is no "R" is wash.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Apr 21, 2008 17:28:02 GMT -6
No shit 101. But some people in Iowa have an R sound that they add. Maybe you guys just aren't observant enough, or perhaps, you guys say it too, so you don't notice it.
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Post by Norm "racerhawk" Parker on Apr 21, 2008 17:56:36 GMT -6
No shit 101. But some people in Iowa have an R sound that they add. Maybe you guys just aren't observant enough, or perhaps, you guys say it too, so you don't notice it. I talk to my mom on the phone frequently. Not enough, if you ask her. I live in the filthy megopolis of Chicago, so sometimes she just asks to see if I'm surviving. Here are some of the things that seem more obvious to me. "i don't know much" that is code for the conversation is over. "melk" that's Iowan for milk "crick" that's Ioan for creek I'm sure there are more but I don't know much else.  |
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Post by idrinkthereforeiam on Apr 21, 2008 19:38:48 GMT -6
No shit 101. But some people in Iowa have an R sound that they add. Maybe you guys just aren't observant enough, or perhaps, you guys say it too, so you don't notice it. Some of us don't want be associated with those who put "r"s in wash. They are mental. |
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Post by Mr Olympia on Apr 21, 2008 20:06:36 GMT -6
my mom says "warsh" but the rest of us say "wash"
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Post by poncho72 on Apr 22, 2008 6:58:14 GMT -6
A lot of people pronounce my hometown as " Warshington ", but they just don't live here.
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Post by HawksStock on Apr 22, 2008 7:00:26 GMT -6
My father uses worsh, luckily non of the kids do. Mom is an English major.
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Post by Iowafan1 on Apr 22, 2008 8:08:12 GMT -6
I'm going to withhold judgment on the correct pronunciation until I consult with Fukudome.
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Post by bucketochicken on Apr 22, 2008 8:10:34 GMT -6
My grandma is the only one I remember saying "warsh." (oh - Vinton, btw)
Superracer is right about "melk," though. I still say that and get all kinds of crap for it from my non-Iowa native wife. Actually, now I say it and spell it that way on purpose.
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Post by Chuck Storm on Apr 22, 2008 8:25:13 GMT -6
My grandma is the only one I remember saying "warsh." (oh - Vinton, btw) Superracer is right about "melk," though. I still say that and get all kinds of crap for it from my non-Iowa native wife. Actually, now I say it and spell it that way on purpose. Worsh is the correct pronunciation. As for melk v milk, people from the Chicago-area generally pronounce soft i's like e's. For example, Ellinois, melk, felm, etc. My wife pronounces all those words like that. I'm not from Chicago, so I don't. |
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Post by bucketochicken on Apr 22, 2008 8:34:13 GMT -6
Yeah, she says it as sort of a cross between "warsh" and "worsh." Sort of a countrified schwa.
I've only noticed the "Ellinois" thing from downstate folks, and only from people actually from Illinois, ironically enough. I had an ex-girlfriend from Chilicothe (by Peoria) who always said "Ellinois." Drove me nuts. How can you pronounce your own state wrong? I don't say "Dez Moinez."
Whatever.
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Post by 101 on Apr 22, 2008 8:54:23 GMT -6
Much like you heard sportscasters pronouncing it "Wesconsin". Drove me nuts.
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Post by bucketochicken on Apr 22, 2008 9:15:38 GMT -6
Ugh. Yeah, "Wesconsin" sucks too. Not a big fan of Musberger's "Huckize," either. But then, he's a complete pompous jackass, so...
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Post by MoHawk on Apr 22, 2008 9:30:47 GMT -6
Ugh. Yeah, "Wesconsin" sucks too. Not a big fan of Musberger's "Huckize," either. But then, he's a complete pompous jackass, so... Musberger barely acknowledges any Big 10 University outside of Michigan anyway. We should feel fortunate that he can even somewhat pronounce the Iowa mascot. I, for one, welcome our mispronunciation overlords. |
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Post by Iowafan1 on Apr 22, 2008 9:42:13 GMT -6
"I, for one, welcome our mispronunciation overlords."...MissourriHawk
Horry Kow! 
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Post by MoHawk on Apr 22, 2008 10:17:00 GMT -6
Well played Iowafan. Well played indeed.  |
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Post by mattahawk on Apr 22, 2008 15:31:35 GMT -6
I say wash. My wife says warsh. She also says doritieos, alumnum and one other hilarious one I can't remember. I flip her shit about it every time she says it.
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Post by iagirl223 on Apr 22, 2008 17:52:00 GMT -6
I have to throw in a phantom vote for 'wash'. This is the correct form.
I grew up 10 miles north of Waterloo and I was 19 before I actually heard someone say 'warsh'. She was from Dumont if that matters any.
'Wersh'? Haven't encountered that. Must be those crazy Iowa Germans.
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Apr 22, 2008 18:18:16 GMT -6
I seriously think that most people who were raised north of highway 34 say 'wash' while those raised south of 34 say 'warsh'. My mom, sister and I were all raised north of 34 and say 'wash'; my dad was raised south of 34 and says 'warsh'.
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