[Ads-l] Query about dialectal "warsh" (wash)

[Wilson Gray]

arnold, isn't Mary Louise Kean from Warshington, DC?

On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> Sometimes the "intrusive R" in "warsh" is called characteristic of St.
> Louis, but it is also called characteristic of Pittsburgh and Baltimore
> and some other places. On-line I see it called characteristic of Midland
> dialect (US) in general. Also "Midwest". Also Western/Northwestern US.
> Also "Ohio Valley".  I've heard it plenty in PA, OH, IL. I've heard it
> in Detroit, and I've heard _about_ it in Detroit without anybody
> suggesting that it wasn't/isn't usual there (is it?). I also see it
> mentioned in connection with West Somerset (UK). Probably there are some
> remarks somewhere in the ADS-L archive.
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