More Southern I think?

[ameliagoldfeesh]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is 
The Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> I always have to laugh at "wonst," "twiced," "acrossed" 
and "hightth"
> instead of "once," "twice," "across" and "height."  Art spent some 
time in
> Chappel Hill, NC, and had some friends from those areas and has 
definitely
> picked up the "hightth" thing which drives me nuts.
> 
> Oh--yeah--"warsh" instead of "wash."  That just kills me!  Uh--
where'd that
> extra R come from? <Snigger.>
 <SNIP>

A. Goldfeesh here:

I can tell you exactly where the extra "R comes from: Boston!  
Haven't you heard of the Linguistical Law of Letter Conservation?  
Any "R" dropped in Boston-speak comes to southwest Iowa and makes 
its way further south.

I must say that I had never heard of "heighth" as being considered 
Southern though. Nearly everyone I know says it that way (although 
southwest Iowa, where I'm from, is accused of having more in common 
with Missouri/southern speak than the rest of the state).

A. Goldfeesh
who proudly, nay, perversely, warshes clothes, and knows that George 
Warshington was the first President. Plus, walks on SEE-ment, has 
pet feesh, and knows what democrat bugs and gran'daddy longlegs are.