Do people in your neck of the woods pronounce it "Washington" or "Worshington"

[bluestateguy]

Every time I hear someone say "worsh" or "Worshington" I start to crack up.

[JVS]

1. "Worshington"

[Aristus]

2. Most people I know say "Woshington".

If anyone says "Warshington", I laugh and ask if they are from out of state.

[femmocrat]

5. Yes, here too.... no "r" sound.

they also "wosh" their cars, etc.

[SeattleGirl]

3. WASHINGTON.

I really hate hearing "Worshington."

[Roon]

4. colorado here

they say Washington.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. we say Washington...

because there is a friggen "a" in the word!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

7. People around here say Washington just fine...

But some say "Chicargo" instead of "Chicago."

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

8. Grew up in Kansas - Mom always said "Warshington"

Drove me NUTS!

[AZBlue]

9. If you're from the Washington area, it's just "D.C."

[Critters2]

12. The state, too?

:P

[AZBlue]

20. Yeah, that's what I was referring to, the state...

:silly:

[Mutley]

10. Many people in Maryland say Worshington.

I say Washington.

[Critters2]

11. People who grew up south of here say

"Worshington". People who grew up near or north of here pronounce it correctly.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

13. I speak differently than most people here. I say WAH-'rshing-ton

a very subtle 'r'

[cboy4]

14. I don't know what it is with some of these Western statess!

I hear people say "Worshington."

I hear people say "Ora-gone."

I hear people say "Nev-ah-da."

:crazy:

[SeattleGirl]

15. People who are natives of Washington don't say Worshington.

And Oregon is pronunced "Ory-gun".

I'll leave the correct pronunciation of Nevada to the natives there.

[Mutley]

18. How do you say Nevada?

I say Nev-ah-da.

Wash-ing-ton

Ora-gin. (no, not gin like the liquor)

But I live on the East Coast. :P

[cboy4]

27. lol, nope, that's not the correct way to pronounce

Nevada. There's no open up and say "ahh" sound.

Think of apple instead.

Nev-a-duh

The way you pronounce Oregon is okay. But think of gun instead of gin.

Or-uh-gun

:bounce:

[Aristus]

26. Another one I hate is "Oar-REE-gone"

B-)

[AirmensMom]

16. I don't think the people in my neck of the woods

pronounce it at all ... at least, I've never heard them. They talk more about the cow fresh'nin' in the e'enin', before hit was ready. :P

[graywarrior]

17. When I worked at the Applachian Mtn. Club at the base of Mt. Washington in NH

I'd crack up when tourists asked me where Mt. Washington was.

[Catshrink]

19. I grew up in Seattle

Most of my family said Washington but one sister always called it Warshington. I don't know where she got it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. DC.

Seriously, Washington.

[TK421]

22. Isn't that the sauce some people pour onto their steaks? Lea and Perrins makes a good one

:shrug:

[nytemare]

23. I am from near DC, and used to say Worshington.

I think it was a local thing up there. Many folks I know from the area pronounce it that way.

[bikebloke]

24. It was Worshington when I grew up.

Now it comes out Washington.

[libodem]

25. hmmm, what if we do?

Cuz I think some might. And it might be me. I don't hear it when I'm talking but I've occasionally been corrected (much to my dismay) that I'm saying warsh instead of wash. Who'd a thunk it?

[ElizabethDC]

28. Washington

are we talking about the city or the state, anyway? Regardless, I pronounce them both Washington.

[Quantess]

33. It's so annoying to live in a state with the same name as the US capitol!

Why should anyone need to say Washington...State

I wish our state would be re-named and given a long, confusing Native American name! Then no one would pronounce it correctly!

[Burma Jones]

29. We say DC....

Washington has too many syllables......

[radfringe]

30. Wishington

because I wish there were someone else in the white horse

[Rambis]

31. Iowa

In the rural areas say...
Worshington
Lou-a vull (slurred together) for Loiusville
Mizz-oo-rah- same slur for Missouri
People all over the state think we are neighbors with Ell-in-noi (Illinois) and drink Melk (milk)
Those two in particular drive me insane!

[I Have A Dream]

32. Worshington. I don't though. n/t