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Old 03-11-2015, 09:25 PM
 
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I think I say it both ways. If I am going to wash my car, I say, "I'm going to go warsh my car." If I am doing laundry, I'll say, "I'll put the woish in."
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Old 03-12-2015, 01:40 PM
 
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Pronouncing wash as "warsh" or "woosh" is not a marker of a southern accent.
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Old 03-14-2015, 09:28 AM
 
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My grandma definitely says it like "warsh", and so do others I know. My grandma is from NE Oklahoma and the other person that immediately comes to mind is from south of Warsaw, MO.
My Husband - born, raised in SW KS, has never said Warsh - I do, though and I'm Originally from NY... strange how some say a word the same - being far from another - different regions of the country.

My husband also has a twangy, southern type of accent...

I've been all around KS - Missouri and I don't notice accents in a lot of the towns, areas, described...
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Old 03-14-2015, 09:55 AM
 
Location: Nashville TN
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Kansas is not southern in any way, Kansas is really politically conservative and religious and elements of that are big in the South but thats does not mean its Southern in any way, Kansas is very Midwestern in every way.
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Old 03-14-2015, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Kansas City, MO
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My Husband - born, raised in SW KS, has never said Warsh - I do, though and I'm Originally from NY....
Interesting. If it's not a Southern thing, I wonder what it is. Maybe an Appalachian thing that transcends North and South?
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Old 03-19-2015, 01:43 AM
 
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Lots of random samples of native speakers in Cherokee County, KS. None of them sound like the woman in the clip above. Again, she may be a native Kansan, though her accent would suggest she is not, but if she is, she is an outlier. Her speech is not "normal" SE Kansas accented speech.


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9b7XNxbVqo


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTicouwJoME

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Actually, I heard some Southern infuence in the first speaker in the first video. She said "needs done". Skipping the verb "to be" is a Southern thing.
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Old 03-19-2015, 08:37 AM
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Location: Kansas
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I was wondering if any parts of Kansas have any southern feeling to them, or is it solidly Midwestern? It extends almost as far south as southern Missouri, which is pretty southern, so that's what made me wonder, plus, I have never been to Kansas.
You want southern, go to SE KS since it has transplants from MO, OK and AR that came into KS. I do not recommend the area as it is probably the worst part of the state with lots of welfare, illegal drugs and petty crime.
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Old 03-19-2015, 08:40 AM
 
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Wondering why any part of Kansas would feel southern? Surely no one thinks it's in the south.
I once lived in Wichita and knew I was nowhere near the south, although I didn't think of it one way or another.
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Old 03-20-2015, 07:46 AM
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Location: Kansas
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Wondering why any part of Kansas would feel southern? Surely no one thinks it's in the south.
I once lived in Wichita and knew I was nowhere near the south, although I didn't think of it one way or another.
I sort of see it as a "Ozark" southern and definitely not deep south. We lived in NC, AL and MS and that entirely different and add to that, being in the military so I get my opinions from having met a lot of people. There is also the music choices which can be very unique to an area.
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Old 03-20-2015, 11:34 AM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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My Husband - born, raised in SW KS, has never said Warsh - I do, though and I'm Originally from NY... strange how some say a word the same - being far from another - different regions of the country.

My husband also has a twangy, southern type of accent...

I've been all around KS - Missouri and I don't notice accents in a lot of the towns, areas, described...
Warshing clothes after you went to your garden and picked a Squarsh is common talk where Southern and Midwestern accents intersect in border regions. You hear that alot in Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. I never heard that in Southern KY and people from the Upper Midwest also find it odd. My father in law (S Indiana native) also uses a Wheerlbarrah to haul his Squarsh to the house.
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