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Don't know if it began in CA, but I was certainly familiar with it in the early 50s there, and when I got into the Navy it was everywhere, so I can't say who had it first.
There was nothing 'urban' about Upper East Tennessee back then (or now) but the lower case rch (url above) gets to the nitty gritty without distracting us with the UK (mis)interpretation.
(not a California term??)
uh, Hugh, was it in your early CA experience or a Navy thing for you?)