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dixiegrrrrl

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14. You have solved an age old mystery for me...

Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:34 PM

Apr 2021

My G'ram's family was from Ohio. Family name was Kendall, about 3 generations lived there.

She always said "red up the dishes" but I never could find the source of that.
And "worsh"

What's really interesting is her family moved to Seattle in 1906, when she was still quite young.
Washington state was always pronounced "Worshington".
I never knew why.

Added tid-bit...The Boeing Company, Washington' biggest employer for generations, was always called Boeings, by almost everyone I knew.

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Grammar lesson for today. [View all] Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 OP

In this neck of the woods it's Uans doc03 Apr 2021 #1

You must be in western PA near Pittsburgh. wnylib Apr 2021 #19

And here in 'da Burgh' MyOwnPeace Apr 2021 #2

That is what I meant didn't know the proper doc03 Apr 2021 #3

Spellin - wha' dat? MyOwnPeace Apr 2021 #6

I think it can also be "you'ns" or... 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #8

North east, "yous" da Burgh is Yunz and down south it's y'all... mitch96 Apr 2021 #4

I am in Ohio 60 miles from Pittsburgh my doc03 Apr 2021 #5

From the "BIBLE"........ MyOwnPeace Apr 2021 #7

My dad grew up in Chicago, in Hyde Park. He said "warsh" and... 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #9

Things like that..... MyOwnPeace Apr 2021 #10

When I first moved to Arkansas I heard people using the phrase " war plowers". Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #12

You have solved an age old mystery for me... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2021 #14

dixiegrrrl, Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #16

Relative did a full genealogy of our fam. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2021 #17

I'm right across the state line from Yinz here in NE Ohio Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #15

A little farther north of you 'uns, wnylib Apr 2021 #20

Arkansas Grammy! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #11

☺☺ Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #13

Did anyone else NOT need that translated? Leith Apr 2021 #18

Western NY, especially areas near wnylib Apr 2021 #21

A "triple contraction" - impressive! UTUSN Apr 2021 #22