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Re:Shave and a Haircut by kcorbitt on Thursday February 29, 2024 @04:03PM (#39555050)
I once interviewed a candidate for an engineering position in Seattle. It quickly turned out that he had fabricated his entire resume, including the work history and education[1]. My first clue was that he claimed two years of work experience at Costco HQ in Issaquah, Washington but he pronounced it as "Is-ACK" (the local pronounciation is "IS-uh-kwah"). No one who spent two years in Issaquah would ever pronounce it that way, regardless of the accent you're coming from. His story just got weirder from there.

[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!

Re:Shave and a Haircut by floren on Thursday February 29, 2024 @05:20PM (#39555990)
I'd say the Washington shibboleth should be "Puyallup"
Re:Shave and a Haircut by monknomo on Thursday February 29, 2024 @06:08PM (#39556408)
I once met someone who lived in Seattle a couple years and said "Puget Sound" with a hard g
Re:Shave and a Haircut by psunavy03 on Thursday February 29, 2024 @06:41PM (#39556712)
Or Snohomish. Or Sequim. Or Cle Elum.
Re:Shave and a Haircut by chihuahua on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:58PM (#39557258)
Lake Keechelus
Re:Shave and a Haircut by chanandler_bong on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:01PM (#39556882)
...or Spokane. "Spo-cane" is one I've heard not infrequently.
Re:Shave and a Haircut by resolutebat on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:28PM (#39557063)
TIL it's supposed to be "spoh-KAN".
Re:Shave and a Haircut by mauvehaus on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:06PM (#39558104)
Re:Shave and a Haircut by themadturk on Friday March 01, 2024 @05:25PM (#39567530)
I still remember the Mariners commercial from decades ago where Edgar Martinez tries to reach new Latin American recruits to pronounce Puyallup. Hilarious.
Re:Shave and a Haircut by kid64 on Friday March 01, 2024 @09:43PM (#39569333)
Maybe he had a speech impediment.