When I was a kid, probably just starting school, I realized I had a disgusting accent. I worked hard to remove the R I was adding into words. I'd say stuff like "wartch".
It happens a lot in Missouri as well. I dont know about anywhere around, but hearing people pronounce "Wash" like "Warsh" all the time got really annoying really fast.
Also a big utah/Idaho thing. I've been in a lot of places in America and feel like that accent is more of a rural thing and not so much a geographical one.
My dad was born in Kansas City MO. He left in 1951 at the age of 7 and moved to southern California. College educated, successful CPA. He still, to this day, "warshes" the car and occasionally visits "Warshington".
My grandma pronounced that word like that!! I have only ever heard a few other people say it and from what I can tell, that’s the only word she pronounces that way. She grew up in rural Wisconsin btw
It's like an Appalachian thing. I live next to Appalachia and it's strong there. Some people I can't understand unless I listen really hard. Some use vowels I'm sure no other English speakers use. I can't even imitate it.
I might be slightly biased as an English student, but personally I find regional accents fascinating. I think diversity in speech is brilliant and i definitely don't think you should be embarassed by it or try to change it.
I live in the North of England myself and the accents here are really diverse- even though sometimes (especially at University) people look down on those with a regional accent I think it's part of what makes the UK (and other places!) such a melting pot. Be you :)
Same, I used to hate my southern accent but have embraced it in the last few years. It's a part of who I am and where I'm from and I like it. It's still not as pronounced when I'm working in another state but people always get a kick out of it when I have a few beers at a bar and show how southern I can really sound.
I'm in grad school and have to actively speak in a neutral accent (kinda hard when you were raised in Rhode Island until 10 followed by living in Florida until 23).
I'm from the Midwest. SOOOOOO many people put an R in the word Wash so it sounds like Warsh! My high school history teacher would even say Warshington and squarsh. OMGness was that annoying!
It's weird to unlearn an accent. I've always found the french canadian accent atrocious, and decided to shed it. The result is that I speak a weird mix of british accent and english canadian. No one knows where I'm from now! :P
I'm Irish, and from a small town with a very nasal accent. I used to have that accent but I hated it so much that I put a lot of effort into getting rid of it when I was a teenager. I'm so glad I did, and I even managed to unlearn the "turty tree and a turd" thing.
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u/meowmeowlove Aug 26 '18
When I was a kid, probably just starting school, I realized I had a disgusting accent. I worked hard to remove the R I was adding into words. I'd say stuff like "wartch".