I grew up saying "warsh." I got it from my mom; I can only assume it's a Pennsylvania thing (that's where she was from). I tell people there's in invisible "r" in "wash"; it's the same concept as the silent "e" in a word like "gate." Oh, and it's George "Warshington", not "Washington."
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Not just a Pennsylvania thing.. My dad came from Washington D.C. and he said "warsh" all the time.. He said it was a Baltimore (or Balamore, if you will) thing and that most people native to that area add the "r".. The sad thing is that since I grew up with it, I do it too, unless I really concentrate on saying it correctly..
Speaking of pets and baby talk -
I sure did get inundated with it yesterday evening at a friend's house. It was remarkable how a person can switch from normal speech to a mixture of poor grammar and baby talk when talking either to or about the dog. "Awww, her wuvs her blankie." Puke!!!
I grew up in Tennessee and said Pop. While in the military and bunking with a lot of New Yorkers I switched to Soda and it's been soda ever since.
Dude is a part of my vocabulary that I should probably ditch. Dude and Dudette!
My daughter's favorite word is like. "It's like she can't like, you know, finish a freakin sentence without saying like and it's like totally driving me crazy!"
My grandma has thrown me for a loop a couple of times. She once asked (axed?) me to get something from the Kelvinator. Huh?!??? And once told me "Its in the Press." Uhhh, should I run down to the local newspaper and get it? Nooooo, press is a closet. Kelvinator is a refridgerator. Ohhhhhhhhh...otay.
Gary - how did you FIT 30 kids in that BR? Its so small!
Mandalinn, it was so long ago I don't remember details. I do remember kids standing though and some outside. We were within walking distance of the hotel and there was a theater there I remember, seemed like it was "old" downtown maybe?
I'm sure the nuns were just THRILLED with you.
Let's just say they made me say 10 HAIL MARY'S ~ and I'm not even Catholic!
I am officially a "dude" to my daughter. I thought dudes rode horses on ranches......
GUILTY! My son calls me Pops but will say Hey father when he is asking a question sometimes, I call him son and dude. I usually say "What up Dude?" when he calls. Bad habit I got into when he was younger and all the kids were using Dude. Daughter calls me daddy, I call her sweetie pie ~ nephew calls me U.G., I call him Knucklehead ~ I call my step-daughter Squirt, she calls me Gary.
I drink soda. I usually have one right before I put my dogs Nite-Nite
RUTH, thanks for explaining the capitals! That always confused me .
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