Is “wash” a known feature of any accent?
All of my life my family has pronounced wash differently. My husband has always made fun of me and told me things he would like to say when we said “wish”. Like we are going to wish laundry or wish dishes or wish the car. We originate from Maryland. We grew up in Greensboro, North Dakota. “We are from South Dakota. We are from East Texas” Why do people say it that way? Who do direct relatives pronounce it that way?
My wife and I never lived in West Virginia because of all the job security requirements in the military. We never saw any real jobs in West Virginia for the past few years because of our father as a US Navy medic. The people I talk to think about my accent are from the Midwest. How was my first impression of Ohio? I just forgot the way I said it – it’s become my language. I can’t change it.
Is it a known feature of any dialect where our family may have picked it up?
What is the definition of “family”?
Many older people in that region say “warsh”, (with an -r),
as in “Warshington DC” or “Warshing Machine”,
but I’ve never heard it pronounced wish. Am not mis-hearing it?
Where and how is intrusive R invented in Warsh?
What is the most interesting thing about our life?
