• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    You can definitely tell it’s a non-native by what they call those places

    Also how they pronounce some of the smaller cities

    Like Chelatche

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        1 year ago

        Haven’t heard anyone say chelatchie out loud before, but I live in the pnw and I would guess it would be pronounced cheh-latch-ee, which is similar to how “Wenatchee”, a pnw city, is pronounced (not helpful but interesting nonetheless).

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          1 year ago

          Very close, sha-latch-ee

          No worries though

          It’s a really small place and the closer one lives to it the more likely I’ve seen people be able to get it

          Spokane is a fun one to hear people say though when they’re from a few states away

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              1 year ago

              Basically

              More like Spo-Can

              I’ve heard people say it as wrong as Spo-Cane before which was pretty rough

              The easiest way to spot someone from out of the area is when it rains, ask them about the weather. We’ve got a lot of words for rain up here in Washington, so what they pick will say a lot.