lorem ipsum: where I grew up they do the opposite. There's a R in "Washington, Indiana." at least the way the locals say it: "Warshington."

when i hear english people call french toast "eggy bread" or call a bread roll a "barm" all i can think of is "how are you this terrible at a language you invented"

"Father and farther are pronounced the same" No they're fucking not. You're just saying things now.

If the letter R wasn't meant to be pronounced it wouldn't be in the alphabet. Grow up.

where I grew up they do the opposite. There's a R in "Washington, Indiana." at least the way the locals say it: "Warshington."

I have once met an American who refused to understand that my name was not Dorvydas no matter how many times I repeated it without a random R.

I think _some_ American dialect speakers are like, profoundly unused to the idea that a vowel could be something other than a schwa.

My aunt once ran a Jacadi franchise (French high-end kids' clothes) in Brooklyn. The locals called it 'Jacardi'. My uncle suggested hanging a sign with a slogan: "Jacadi: the 'r' is silent"

It's either a schwa or it's a triphthong

Did they also speak of warshing their clothes?

'Warshington [SIC] DC'

John McCain used to do the 'Warshington' thing now that I think about it

Thing is, no. The guy himself seemed to have a more or less General American accent.

If they joined the Navy, they'd warsh up on a warship.

This is the (fading) rural Oregon dialect as well

Weirdly this is true in rural Washington (Warshington) state, too.

not in the part of rural WA I’m from

Where in WA? Family from Republic and Pullman do and it was the tell-tale sign of someone who grew up in a small-town when I was a kid in Seattle.

Pullman

dunno about your family. but I was born there, lived there until I left for college, went back often, and that’s not how we said it and we noticed when people said it that way

I’ve spent time in every town in WA large enough to have a regional airport, including Pullman, and I’ve never heard someone not from the Midwest say “Warshington.” Certainly never anyone actually from Washington.

You're making me question my memories here. I'm gonna have to call my brother-in-law this afternoon and make him say it. That said, it *is* a thing. It is it is it is. Even KUOW says so! www.kuow.org/stories/why-...

It's hit and miss, I guess. Here's an article on the phenomenon and its origins.

Why do some locals say ‘Wershington’ instead of ‘Washington?’www.kuow.org We’re a quirky bunch out here in Washington state. We eat cream cheese on our hotdogs. The western part of the state freaks out when it snows. We don’t...

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