Is it wash or warsh? How do you say the word?

@Heartlander My mom said Warsh and I'm not sure she ever set foot in Missouri. She also said "erl" instead of oil.

@Mamapolo2016 Well ... if she had ever visited Missouri and said "warsh" and said "Missouri" rather than "Missoura" they'd have known that she was just visiting :)

@Mamapolo2016 Worked at Walmart long time ago, in automotive department. Guy comes up to counter, "where's the all?". Sir, all 3 of us said, that's laundry detergent, over there <points> in grocery. "No no no, all!". Sir, again, grocery because it's laundry detergent. "Hmm". "Well can you just point me to the all?". (i was listening this time). Sir, are you saying oil? "Yeahhh!". "oiall" didn't even hear the o the first 2 times. Geeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz that was crazy.

@twiigss When I was a kid, my family was in the Appalachians, up in the hills, looking for a preacher buddy of Dad's who lived in a place Dad called Bear Creek.

Several people looked puzzled and said, 'Naw, couldn't rightly tell ya."

Finally the last guy shook his head but as Dad was getting back into the car, the guy hollered, "Y'all wouldn't mean B'ar Crick, wouldja?"

@Mamapolo2016 This is a good reminder of how Missouri/Missoura has much of its history tied to the east coast. Also a testimony to the diversity.

"The South" starts somewhere in Missouri. We use to debate about exactly where that was, and the consensus was that it's where the snack rack at the Circle-K has more pork rinds than Cheetos and potato chips.