Here in the hoosier state the older folks will often say warsh instead of wash, for the most part that didn't trickly down to the younger generations.
lucas that phrase does not sound odd to me, the milking one does tho.
yeah seperate dialects are definitely dying off. Honestly i don't know of many people who say warsh, i am thinking it was not as common in york but more so in the surrounding areas. alot of people pronounce water more like wooder here tho.
heres one i do that i think is dying off quick cause it makes u sound like a dumb ass who is 5 seconds behind everyone else:
What? is often used to answer a question initiating conversation, followed by a brief pause and an answer to the question. For example, Man 1: "Did you get your hair cut yesterday?" Man 2: "What? (pause) Yeah, I did."
and this is one my father has always done, which i never knew would sound odd to outsiders. except around here it would be phrased more like "tom corbet? he's about half ***ing stupid." or "He's about half a dumb ass"
Use of the word about to mean very. For example "You're about dumb." means "You're very stupid." Sometimes the word half is added for extra emphasis. Therefore, "You're about half dumb." means "You're extremely stupid." The term about is not a true substitution for very but rather it is understood to be an intended understatement on the part of the speaker. The about-half dumb construction has evolved into the otherwise incomprehensible Central Pennsylvania insult "You're about half!".
and one commonly used by my mother, not so much anymore tho:
Use of the word "ignurnt" [ˈɪɡnərnt] to mean "rude", as in "You'ns are about ignurnt!" to mean "You guys are quite rude." Presumably, "ignurnt" was derived from "ignorant", as one who is ignorant of manners may be perceived as rude.
heres a few everyone uses very frequently:
When referring to consumable products, the word all is used to mean all gone. For example, the phrase "the butter's all" would be understood as "the butter is all gone." This likely derives from German, where one might say "Die Butter ist alle" in this case.
"A while" is often used to refer to the present time. Ex. "Do you want money a while?" Translation. "Do you want money now?"
"Then" is used at the end of sentences. For example: "Will that be all for you, then?"
The letter A is taken out of "Orange", which causes it to be pronounced as "ornge." For example: "Are you'uns hungry for an ornge?"
the thing i have never heard anyone say before is you'uns or yinz(other than jim shearer) the only oddity to the word "you" that anyone here uses is yous, like "why don't all yous go find something better to do" or yall but yall is common slang.
