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Off Topic => Ten Forward => Topic started by: interloper on August 02, 2005, 05:47:30 pm
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Long standing argument between my wife and i,
Do you say wash, washer, etc.....
or
worsh, worsher, etc....
and does anyone have any other disputed words?
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Here in Western Mass (inside of 495,Boston and suburbs, is it's own little country), we say it with an "A" . My cousins from MD however, would say it with the "O" .
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Same here in eastern Mass.
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Here in Oklahoma, I have to ask... What is this Wash/Worsh that you speak of?
;)
Stephen
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Jeebus, even you damn Yankee's can't understand each other!
And you got nukes!
Oy, it wasn't the meek that shall inherit the earth... it's a bunch of Walmart shoppers who bastardize the Queen's English!
(But you ain't as bad as them Brits, or god forbid.... Aussies!)
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So, ab00t those Canucks, they speak it right, eh?
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So, ab00t those Canucks, they speak it right, eh?
Now yer getting it!
eh!
But yer still a yankee hoser... not yer fault!
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The "correct" way is "wash", but many people's accents won't allow them to say that, especially in the south. It's just one of those things that creeps into a regional accent or dialect that sounds right to them, but wrong to everyone else. I'm not saying that it's wrong or that people in the south are wrong (especially since I'm from Texas), but I'm saying that this is an example of something you will find with just about every different group of English speaking people.
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So it's kinda like both compaired to bolth?
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by the way, lickkerpig
Don't EVER call someone from the south a Yankee. That's probably the easiest way to get your ass beaten to a pulp (just FYI ;) )
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d00d,
Ah bes fum n00 Yawk Siddy.
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I know that, but it sounded like he was referring to all Americans as Yankees. Most Southerners find being referred to as a Yankee extremely offensive.
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Ah, Canucks 'n' Brits 'n' Aussies... I guess we all look alike to them! ;D
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Ah, Canucks 'n' Brits 'n' Aussies... I guess we all look alike to them! ;D
Well, if they think we all SOUND alike, they really need to get their ears checked. ;)
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Shoot! After listening to one of you Suthhin' boyz, I think I need to check my ears... or the dictionary! ;D
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I know that, but it sounded like he was referring to all Americans as Yankees. Most Southerners find being referred to as a Yankee extremely offensive.
*shocked*
Really?
Gol durn it, I didn't know that ::) and would certainly never purposely call southerners Yankees...
Ya, right.
If yer in between Mexico and Soviet Canuckistan you are a Yankee, no ifs, ands or buts!
And Y'all talk funny too!
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Jeebus, even you damn Yankee's can't understand each other!
And you got nukes!
Oy, it wasn't the meek that shall inherit the earth... it's a bunch of Walmart shoppers who bastardize the Queen's English!
(But you ain't as bad as them Brits, or god forbid.... Aussies!)
What have you got against Aussies!! :whip:
Is it the fact that the Brits cannot win in any sport against us?
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Jeebus, even you damn Yankee's can't understand each other!
And you got nukes!
Oy, it wasn't the meek that shall inherit the earth... it's a bunch of Walmart shoppers who bastardize the Queen's English!
(But you ain't as bad as them Brits, or god forbid.... Aussies!)
What have you got against Aussies!! :whip:
Is it the fact that the Brits cannot win in any sport against us?
Nah... like I'd give two piles of fecal matter about Brit sports...
It's just you all sound like that Paul Hogan guy.
And drink Fosters <shudder>.
:P
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It's just you all sound like that Paul Hogan guy.
And just what wrong with that ? :mischief:
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Jeebus, even you damn Yankee's can't understand each other!
And you got nukes!
Oy, it wasn't the meek that shall inherit the earth... it's a bunch of Walmart shoppers who bastardize the Queen's English!
(But you ain't as bad as them Brits, or god forbid.... Aussies!)
What have you got against Aussies!! :whip:
Is it the fact that the Brits cannot win in any sport against us?
Nah... like I'd give two piles of fecal matter about Brit sports...
It's just you all sound like that Paul Hogan guy.
And drink Fosters <shudder>.
:P
Aussie beer rocks.
I mean who in their right mind drinks warm beer that tastes like coffee! Guiness? yuk!
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Aussie beer rocks.
I mean who in their right mind drinks warm beer that tastes like coffee! Guiness? yuk!
Fosters is the worst beer known to mankind. (I do not acknowledge Bud, Natty Light, Beast, etc as beer)
And Guiness doesn't taste like coffee... it's a little more akin to roofing tar cut with 10W-40. ;)
*finishes his Guiness*
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I recently got one of those washing machines with the LCD touch screen to replace my old washer and dryer. I have to call it Mr. Washer the supreme washing appliance whom I am but an unworthy speck. Otherwise, it steals all my socks and sends them to the neither world.
It wouldn't be so bad, except the neither world sends me thank you cards. They're quite disturbing you know.
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I recently got one of those washing machines with the LCD touch screen to replace my old washer and dryer. I have to call it Mr. Washer the supreme washing appliance whom I am but an unworthy speck. Otherwise, it steals all my socks and sends them to the neither world.
It wouldn't be so bad, except the neither world sends me thank you cards. They're quite disturbing you know.
if that is not the best topic over thow I have ever seen, I just do not know what is...
:notworthy:
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Let me continue the hijack:
Tell me, all you guys all over the world who drink or have drunken Fosters: did the taste change over the last couple of years or is it just me?? I used to LOVE Fosters; now, now I really don't care for it. It tastes different, not as good now, to me.
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okay back on track......
how bout a hoe vs a hoe
or coke vs coke?
any others ;D
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Long standing argument between my wife and i,
Do you say wash, washer, etc.....
or
worsh, worsher, etc....
and does anyone have any other disputed words?
Where are you from anyway?
Warsh is a very Philadelphian thing to say. In fact, I used to spell it as Warsh and George Warshington. Since that didn't help my spelling, I've forced myself to change my pronounciation so I know say wash like everyone else. Another big Philly thing is saying Our as Are (Are Father, who art in heaven...). That problem was actually a little bit worse with my spelling.
Also think about how you say the following sentence:
"I ran from a bad man holding a fan, a ham and a hammer."
If you're from the Midwest, it would probably be close to that. If you're from Boston, it would probably be "I rahn from the bahd mahn holding a fahn, a hahm and a hahmmer." (Actually, it would be "hahmmah", since there's that R thing). In Philadelphia, it would be "I rahn from a bad man holding a fan, a ham and a hahmmer."
All depends on where you're from. There really is no right or wrong.
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My accent tends to fluctuate depending on my mood and who I'm talking to. Since I was born in Texas, moved to Arkansas when I was six years old, and am now back in Texas for college and my family moved back here too, you would think I would have a really thick Southern accent. However, mine is usually quite mild. It will only start sounding thick when I'm talking with someone who has a thick accent. My girlfriend is even worse. She has lived in Arkansas nearly all of her life. She lived in Mississippi for a short time and moved to Texas after my freshman year at Texas A&M. Normally, she sounds very intelligent with only a slight accent, but whenever she gets excited, angry, or nervous she sounds like the biggest hillbilly you ever heard.
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Long standing argument between my wife and i,
Do you say wash, washer, etc.....
or
worsh, worsher, etc....
and does anyone have any other disputed words?
Where are you from anyway?
hehe iowa ;D
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Are you the one who says Wash or Worsh?
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I recently got one of those washing machines with the LCD touch screen to replace my old washer and dryer. I have to call it Mr. Washer the supreme washing appliance whom I am but an unworthy speck. Otherwise, it steals all my socks and sends them to the neither world.
It wouldn't be so bad, except the neither world sends me thank you cards. They're quite disturbing you know.
if that is not the best topic over thow I have ever seen, I just do not know what is...
:notworthy:
Pffft, you just love anything about warshing machines... especially the spin cycle!
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It is like they way we say Datsun and you say Dautsun or Dotsun and another one is as we say it ZeD28 and you say it ZEE28.Intersting isn't it i can remeber Mark Hammil saying Dotsun in Corvette Summer.It is Zed 28.
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Jeebus, even you damn Yankee's can't understand each other!
And you got nukes!
Oy, it wasn't the meek that shall inherit the earth... it's a bunch of Walmart shoppers who bastardize the Queen's English!
(But you ain't as bad as them Brits, or god forbid.... Aussies!)
What have you got against Aussies!! :whip:
Is it the fact that the Brits cannot win in any sport against us?
I love the irony in this post ;D
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It is like they way we say Datsun and you say Dautsun or Dotsun and another one is as we say it ZeD28 and you say it ZEE28.Intersting isn't it i can remeber Mark Hammil saying Dotsun in Corvette Summer.It is Zed 28.
In Japan the Z-car is known as the "Fairlady Z." Why? Because back in the late '60's when the Z-car began, the chairman of Nissan's favorite musical was "My Fair Lady!"
BTW I pronounce it Dahtsun Zee-car :)
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Are you the one who says Wash or Worsh?
worsh ;D
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In that case, you're just weird :P
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hehe, that may be true, i am sitting at my desk at work listening to tim mcgraw, toby keith, hank jr., outkast, eminem, and bare naked ladies. lol you should see the looks i am getting :o
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I suppose you could do worse.