Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2391 times:
I hear it all the time. "Where's the car worsh?" "Can I get an extra worshrag/worshcloth?" "I need to worsh myself".
How/When/Where did this become standard for old people?? I NEVER hear a young person say it. I mean, imagine... "Jimmy, say that again and I'll worsh your mouth out with soap!"
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!
Chris
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PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7253 posts, RR: 25 Reply 2, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2349 times:
Actually, I thought it was more of a geographic dialect thing; like the way Bostonians say 'pahk yoah cah in the Hahvahd yahd' or New Yorkers say 'cawl' or 'cawfee' or Philadelphians say 'wooder'.
The only person(s) I've known to have said 'worsh' are originally from Spokane, Washington state. The one I've heard say it the most is a 40 year old friend of mine.
If it's due to age, maybe it's because of a slurred speech thing.
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BH346 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3265 posts, RR: 17 Reply 3, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2324 times:
My dad and his side of the family say it all the time...I heard it's an Ohio thing.
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Delta767300ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2559 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (8 years 6 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2200 times:
My best friend always says it and he is from Virginia. My stepdad says it and he's from South Carolina. I have known a lot of people from Maryland who say it to. Personally I think it sounds awful.
StevenUhl777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (8 years 6 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2196 times:
The only person(s) I've known to have said 'worsh' are originally from Spokane, Washington state.
Wow...that's the worst! For many people here in WASHington state, hearing it pronounced "Worshington" or even "Warshington" is like nails on a chalkboard! Even our newly reelected senior US Senator says "Warshington"...uggghhh....
Of course, there are a LOT of midwestern transplants around here...
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 15, posted (8 years 6 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2195 times:
I've always asked myself if there are indeed too many guys here who have too much time on their hands and no idea how to handle real life.
The answer is: Yes!!! Thanks for proving this Airlinelover!
Nah. I was working Audit (overnite), got all my work done, and got bored..
Chris
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Dmeeky243 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 204 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (8 years 6 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2189 times:
Being from Spokane, Washington, I can offer this insight. My friend's grandfather still says Warshington, and we always laugh and joke with him. He claims, that back in the day, they were taught to say Warshington (as in the state) as opposed to Washington (automatically implying D.C.) Claims it goes back to grade school and all. Its an older person thing here as far as I can tell. Its fun though, because I now have an employee from DC (as I refer to it) who will tell people he's from Washington, thinking that we all assume we know he's talkin' bout DC. In the background you'll hear me holler, "You're from DC bitch!"
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Ual747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (8 years 6 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2180 times:
In Oklahoma, especially in the rural areas where people have taken off the hood of old cars to make a planter out of them and displayed them in the their yard, people say worsh. They also say things like "ain't", "Have a goodin," and the worst one of all, "I'm fixin' to go to the store."
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 18, posted (8 years 5 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 2135 times:
15 people yesterday.. Next person who says that is getting smacked!!
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Delta767300ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2559 posts, RR: 14 Reply 20, posted (8 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2113 times:
One of my former coworkers used it and she was a Central Florida Redneck. I wanted to tape her mouth shut every time I would hear "Warter".
SSTjumbo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2049 times:
Hey, 159th was like the Mason Dixon line growing up. South of the malls was tumbleweed country with a radio antenna interdispersed here and there. Today's a different story, but if it's not Joliet that's referred to, it might as well be fixin' to be East St. Louis. All the same thing.
SegmentKing From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2036 times:
tORlet is another one.
Central Illinois as well (Decatur) although I went to private schooling elsewhere and say WASH and TOILET, not worsh and torlet.
It is most definitely a Midwest thing.
Geeze, had no idea there were so many people with Central Illinois links here :P I cry when I go back, can't wait to get the hell out, although I'm happy to see that at least Bloomington/Normal has caught up with times, Decatur is still, well, 1800s.. Springfield has always been fun!
SSTjumbo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1998 times:
...while Peoria remains second thing to a ghetto.
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26 TYSGoVols: To be Linguistically correct here the spelling is WARSH. That is linguistically correct in teh dialect of english known as southern (U.S) american. <
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