Hi everyone, We may be getting carried away, trying to claim "warsh" as PA-Dutch. Surely you have heard Senator Kennedy speak, or heard Norm Abram of "This Old House" tell you that you can receive "measured drawrings" for a project. :-) Sandra bigband@oceana.net ---------- > From: lamparte@juno.com > You've given your mother's origins away - waRsh is a western PA > pronunciation. At least I don't recall hearing this pronunciation among > our Lancaster county family.