ohio accent


a dialect spoken by a large number of people over 40 in ohio, especially in the less urban areas.

examples:

“wash” is pr-nounced “warsh” or “worsh”

the “a” in words like “national” and “fashion” turns to “nay-tional” and “fay-shion”

every day of the week ends in “-dee” like “tuesdee” or “fridee”

“i said” turns into “i says” (pr-nounced “i sez”)

“remote” turns into “channel changer” (some young people also say it this way)
(old person with ohio accent): so i says on tuesdee, don’t forget to throw away your traysh and warsh your hands.

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