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<font size=3>On 2003-01-25 21:13, Dan Goodman wrote the
following:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>1) According to a native of
Pittsburgh, the proper pronunciation is<br>
"needs warshed".</font></blockquote><br>
That epenthetic /r/ is hardly ubiquitous in Pittsburgh -- it seems to be
limited to certain segments of the working class. It has, however,
been taken to be prototypical of Pittsburgh speech, and I've seen it
mentioned as being the "authentic" Pittsburgh pronunciation in
booklets of the "How to speak Pittsburghese" ilk.<br><br>
The "needs"+past participle construction seems to be universal
thereabouts.<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Scott</html>