There's some kind of regionalism in his speech, where an "a" in the middle of a word is pronounced "ar." I knew a fellow in high school that came from out of state and he was always pronouncing our state name as "Warshington." My wife, a Zambian, has the reverse tendency; dropping the "r" from "er" and only saying "ah." ("Water" becomes "watah.") Anybody know more about this?
I don't much about it, but had a friend who came from South Dakota, and pronounced it as Warshington. It always cracked me up, even though I have my own regional eccentricities in pronunciation.
There's some kind of regionalism in his speech, where an "a" in the middle of a word is pronounced "ar." I knew a fellow in high school that came from out of state and he was always pronouncing our state name as "Warshington." My wife, a Zambian, has the reverse tendency; dropping the "r" from "er" and only saying "ah." ("Water" becomes "watah.") Anybody know more about this?
I don't much about it, but had a friend who came from South Dakota, and pronounced it as Warshington. It always cracked me up, even though I have my own regional eccentricities in pronunciation.
Pittsburgh too.
Got the incline up Mount Warshington.
Inclines are cool.