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Aug 9, 2018
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Jeffacka
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I served my mission in Washington. I noticed people said Wushington.
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It’s been my experience that while everyone has an accent
cougarmanguy
All-American
8/9/18 2:33pm
Not true. People from Washington and Oregon have very little accent.
CrimWalCoug
8/9/18 2:35pm
Of course you do
cougarmanguy
8/9/18 2:36pm
People from Washington say "baig" instead of "bag"
AZ Coug
8/9/18 2:36pm
You thinking of Wisconsin?
Odysseus
8/9/18 2:40pm
Exactly. Living in Seattle, we teased one of my Wisconsin co-workers for saying it.
Byron McNertney
8/9/18 3:40pm
Would be interesting to see how many of you were actually from WA
fattycoug
8/9/18 3:53pm
I lived in the Seattle are a for 20 years and never heard that once. It took me
Mikey
8/9/18 2:44pm
Three WA dudes in mission. All said "baig"
AZ Coug
8/9/18 2:45pm
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cvd6262
8/9/18 2:58pm
Probably leaked over the border from Washington into Canada
AZ Coug
8/9/18 3:01pm
This. Probably backs up the claim from the guy mentioning Bellingham.
Breaded Hamster
8/10/18 2:39pm
I live in Oregon, tons of people here do this. "Bag" sounds like "beg."
Jay Rick
8/9/18 3:25pm
People really don't hear it well when they live in it. It's natural
cougarmanguy
8/9/18 3:26pm
My family from Ore-gone and Warshington disagree.
vagabonder
8/9/18 2:41pm
I served my mission in Washington. I noticed people said Wushington.
Jeffacka
8/9/18 2:42pm
Those people weren’t actually from Washington though.
CrimWalCoug
8/9/18 3:03pm
Lol. Her Majesty the Queen would laugh at that statement.
Bert609
8/9/18 3:07pm
People from Washington talk nasally
Sandy Lyle
8/9/18 3:49pm
True.
Jeffacka
8/9/18 8:40pm
I think it's pretty clear there is a "neutral" American accent. Lots of people don't speak with one,
Indy Coug
8/9/18 2:35pm
A neutral accent is more leaned
cougarmanguy
8/9/18 2:38pm
The internet is going to homogenize everything eventually. Especially language.
ClackamasCoug
8/9/18 2:55pm
Eventually. It may take a while.
BostonCougar
8/11/18 12:15pm
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