Shave and a Haircut

Re:Shave and a Haircut by floren on Thursday February 29, 2024 @05:20PM (#39555990)

I'd say the Washington shibboleth should be "Puyallup"

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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

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by psunavy03 on Thursday February 29, 2024 @06:41PM (#39556712)

Or Snohomish. Or Sequim. Or Cle Elum.

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by chihuahua on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:58PM (#39557258)

Lake Keechelus

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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.

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by resolutebat on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:28PM (#39557063)

TIL it's supposed to be "spoh-KAN".

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by mauvehaus on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:06PM (#39558104)

Enumclaw/EnumClaw?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100401-00/?p=14...

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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.

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