>The older PD still speak that way here. That's Montg., Lehigh and Berks >Co.s I'd say it universal. >Vee, your Penna Dutch version of the word wash as warsh reminds me of >how my >father would pronounce the name for the "awnings" we had over our porch >windows--he called them "ornings," and I think I must have been about >12 or so before I learned they were really "awnings!" Was this People still talk that way around here. My husband for one ;) He says warsh and rinch (rinse). And the other day at work, one of the girls was teasing another about saying warsh instead of wash. Pam in Vigo Co, IN http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9467/ `[1;33;43mRainbow V 1.20.2 for Delphi - Registered