Christine
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My mom's BF is from Minnesota and always pronounces it that way (we live in N. IL).
Wash pronounced warsh, so many people around here do it and I just don't understand it.
I was born in Washington, DC and most my whole family lives locally. My mother (who is in her late 70s) is also a Washington DC native. Her mother (my grandmother) was from Massachusetts and has the typical Boston-type accent so she never said "Warshington, DC." But her 5 children do. I was raised with my mother saying Warshington, DC. I do not say that. She also says Mon-dee, Tues-dee, Thurs-dee, but says Saturday just fine. It's almost like a weird local dialect.