05-16-2021, 04:43 PM
(05-09-2021, 07:47 PM)grampahol Wrote: I and a few of yous odders grew up in a time when accents were more defined and you knew where someone was from by the way they talked.. TV and the fact that we're a much more mobile society has really made most families lose their old accents.. I grew up listening to my old man say quatta, watta and other NY things. Most of my friends had a strong kentucky accent and we knew who was who from how they talked.. It's not so easy anymore.. Back then i wasn't hard to tell if someone grew up around Harlan or Lexington or Southern Ohio or West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana.. It was a different time I guess...
A LOT of people around this area used to pronounce the word "wash" like "worsh".
"Did you put the clothes in the worshing machine?"
"I'm going to go worsh my car."
"George Worshington was our 1st president."
Seeing your post reminded of this. Hadn't thought about for awhile and I'm not even sure it's common anymore.
