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6. Growing up, my best friend's father pronounced it

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 02:24 AM

Friday

As warsh. I tried not to laugh every time he said it, I always thought it hilarious. He was a well educated Torontonian with a fully English heritage, he was 1st generation iirc.

I have a good laugh every time I see Warsh's name on here, I'm reminded of my friend's dad. A cool guy with funny pronunciations

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