> Actually, saying it's an "Eastern Ohio" pronunciation is a euphamism > for saying it's Appalachian-hill-jack-ignorant. Ooops.
Jim, please distinguish between "Eastern Ohio," which is technically half of the state, and "way Eastern Ohio," which straddles the PA and WV state lines. THAT's where the Appalachian-hill-jack-ignorant folks live, and REALLY, almost all of them are living damn near in West Virginia. I grew up in the northeastern quarter of Ohio, and I sure as hell don't say "poo-sh" or "boo-sh." Nor "ruff," although one of my cousins says it that way. As for lilac, I pronounce it this way: "LIE-lack." Lori NPIMH: "Poo-sh, poo-sh, in the boo-sh."
