It’s jarring to hear someone in Seattle say they’re going to drive to Tacoma by hopping on “the five.”
In the Emerald City, it’s the little things that make out-of-towners stick out like sore thumbs. From the person who doesn’t own a Gore-Tex jacket, to the person who carries an umbrella on busy downtown streets.
But what do people say that make Seattleites whip their heads around, squint their eyes and say, “Where are you from?”
It can be as innocent as saying “the five” over I-5, or how you refer to a 24-pack of Rainier — and whether you know to call it Vitamin R. Seattle’s idioms, slang words and pronunciations are subtle but unique.
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