I'd say the Washington shibboleth should be "Puyallup"
I once met someone who lived in Seattle a couple years and said "Puget Sound" with a hard g
Or Snohomish. Or Sequim. Or Cle Elum.
Lake Keechelus
Re:Shave and a Haircut
by chanandler_bong on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:01PM
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...or Spokane. "Spo-cane" is one I've heard not infrequently.
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by resolutebat on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:28PM
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TIL it's supposed to be "spoh-KAN".
Enumclaw/EnumClaw?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100401-00/?p=14...
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by themadturk on Friday March 01, 2024 @05:25PM
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I still remember the Mariners commercial from decades ago where Edgar Martinez tries to reach new Latin American recruits to pronounce Puyallup. Hilarious.
[1]: To this day I'm not sure why -- he actually performed quite well on the tech part of the interview and might have gotten an offer if he hadn't turned out to be a serial liar!