Not pulling anyone's leg at al l-- my brother-in-law is from Maryland and he says pursh instead of push. A guy from North Carolina who use to work with me said carsh instead of cash and caw instead of car. He got irritated at me once because I had much difficulty understanding his extreme southern drawl. It made for a communications barrier on the job. I could decipher Spanish easier than his jibber-jabber! Interesting how his other partner from N.C. had a southern drawl yet was far easier to understand with almost never the need to repeat himself. I think the first guy I mentioned from N.C was a for real, backwoods, semi-literate hick.