>Hi everyone, >We may be getting carried away, trying to claim "warsh" as PA-Dutch. >Sandra >bigband@oceana.net >---------- I agree. I think this is a regional PA pronunciation beginning somewhere west of Harrisburg, and not peculiar to PA Dutch. ---- along the lines of the Cawfee pronunciation of coffee for those of us who grew up around Philadlephia. This may not have been clear in my previous post. Later in my message I did give a list of PA Dutch terms which are peculiar to those who grew up with PA Dutch family or neighbors. Bob Lamparter >> 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. > >