Re: PA dialect (was: Re: i'm reforming one of my conlangs)

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Carl Banks <conlang@...> wrote:

> "Hey, kids, whah don't yinz take some gum bands and trah to shoot those
> grinniz out of the gutter, and then get in the hause an' woosh up an' fill
> the fridge with Ahrn City, the Stillers are on it one, n'at."

OK, I give up  - what is the spelling "hause" meant to convey?  It sure
looks like it would be pronounced the same as the standard AmE (/h&Us/ or
so).  I'm very skeptical of "woosh" for "wash". I mean,  "worsh", sure, but
"woosh"?

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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