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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



I still remember the Mariners commercial from decades ago where Edgar Martinez tries to reach new Latin American recruits to pronounce Puyallup. Hilarious.


Or Snohomish. Or Sequim. Or Cle Elum.


...or Spokane. "Spo-cane" is one I've heard not infrequently.


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


Lake Keechelus




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