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mommaletitbe t1_j5xa6r5 wrote

Yaaaaazzzzz! But I'm really irritated when I hear Warshington!

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jpd_phd t1_j5xcavy wrote

I mean, the district did have that name many decades before the state did.

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MelvinDiggs t1_j5xcihw wrote

No, because the District of Columbia is the more famous Washington. ✨

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Material_Positive t1_j5xgxsi wrote

"Where are you from?"

"Spokane, Washington."

"Have you been to the White House?"

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PieNearby7545 t1_j5xj969 wrote

Fun fact: they were originally going to name the state Columbia but were concerned people would confuse that with the “district of Columbia”

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_former_self t1_j5xjbv0 wrote

I hate clarifying that I live in the state, not DC. Morons.

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kR4in t1_j5xkq3o wrote

When I was little I told a kid I lived in Washington and he's like, "the president lives there!"

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Calling__Elvis t1_j5xloyj wrote

It's more the other way around. I get annoyed when people say "Washington State".

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Stabbymcappleton t1_j5xngnk wrote

Want something to be extra fucked with? There’s a Tahoma neighborhood in Washington DC. It’s named after Mt Rainier. It was named by a bunch of Jesus freaks that thought they were as close to heaven as the peak of Mt Rainier. It was the site of their HQ.
So yeah, there’s a Tahoma, Washington, DC.

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EtherPhreak t1_j5xr8xl wrote

Anyone else get annoyed when this post comes up again? Also we have it twofold, being Vancouver, Washington.

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Stabbymcappleton t1_j5xuzo1 wrote

Replying to Material_Positive (#1,501,069)

I was in a backwoods bar in central Pennsylvania. The woman running barkeep asked where I was from. I told her “Up near Seattle.” She said Oh, my dad took me to the Spokane World’s Fair!
About 3 minutes later, I took a leak.
When I returned to my barstool, my wife whispered “WE NEED TO GET OUT NOW!!”
We snuck out the back and stomped through 2ft deep snow through the woods to run off. Turns out, the local hick population jumped all over her the minute I got up to piss. Fuck Appalachia.

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AJEDIWITHNONAME t1_j5xzv96 wrote

Try leaving over seas and explaining that they are not the same place.

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Epicurus0319 t1_j5yc6mm wrote

Replying to AJEDIWITHNONAME (#1,502,762)

I mean Seattle seems to be a popular destination for international tourism too. I’m studying in Spain rn, many people I’ve met who can speak English have said they’ve been there and liked it (minus the weather ofc)

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shanem t1_j5yo7rb wrote

I just moved Seattle -> DC and it really messed with me all around.

My city not my state is now Washington.

There's a Washingtonian magazine for here.

Though in a weird way it makes the transition a little easier to see the word everywhere.

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passporttohell t1_j5yopb0 wrote

How about Australians who see WA and automatically think Western Australia? Or when the story is about Western Australia and Washingtonisns think it's about them?

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tankmode t1_j5ysag9 wrote

they originally wanted to name the state Columbia (its next to British Columbia and has that river of the same name) but then they changed it to Washington because they thought that Columbia was too easily confused with the District of Columbia

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stickytuna t1_j5yv8uc wrote

I’m originally from New York, where DC was always Washington or Washington, DC, and the state was always Washington State.

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WrongOnSoManyBevels t1_j5yxthn wrote

Replying to jpd_phd (#1,500,561)

I was told growing up that when breaking off from Oregon they originally were going to call the new territory Columbia, but thought that it would be confusing because DC at the time was known as the District of Columbia.

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Eat_Carbs_OD t1_j5yxwu8 wrote

When I say Washington .. I add state at the end.

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EdgaristheDog t1_j5yy6gp wrote

Replying to Epicurus0319 (#1,503,979)

Lol when we were in Italy, Italians would ask where we were from. We would say Spokane Washington. They would look at us confused. So then we would say “a few hours from Seattle” and they would go “oh, where greys anatomy is!!” I was like yep?? This happened multiple times in various cities in Italy and I thought it was really strange that that was what Seattle was known for not Amazon, Microsoft, etc, but grey’s anatomy. Lol it must be a popular show over there I guess.

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WomenAreFemaleWhat t1_j5yy6gz wrote

Replying to stickytuna (#1,506,585)

Which makes no sense. DC is shorter to say to get the point across. Washington is shorter to say than Washington state to get the point across. Maybe I should start adding state to every states name so people hear how ridiculous is sounds to say something like Texas State. Sounds more like a university. We have one we call Washington state.

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AnyBowl8 t1_j5z4lsk wrote

Lol, yes, and growing up in Seattle I was very confused by the Cap Hill references.

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BarnabyWoods t1_j5z5va7 wrote

Well, Washington D.C. was named in 1801, while Washington State wasn't named until 1889. So the men who chose to name this state for George Washington should have known it was a recipe for endless confusion. Maybe they should have named the state Tahoma, the indigenous name for Mt. Rainier. It means "mother of waters", which is a very nice image.

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_j5z7npz wrote

Not at all. You can tell what is meant by the context.

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schumichick1963 t1_j5zc8r1 wrote

I lived in upstate New York, about an hour train ride north of the city

When I say moved here from New York, others immediately default to the city.

There is a lot more to New York than the city. 😸

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Sturnella2017 t1_j5ze6vc wrote

“Where are you from?”

“Seattle, Washington”

“Is that Washington state or DC?”

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AdventureBum t1_j5ziyx2 wrote

Crazy thing is we were almost named Columbia, but that was deemed to be too similar to the District of Columbia so we went with Washington instead. Task failed successfully.

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DarthNutSak t1_j5zlx2x wrote

Even worse in North Carolina, tell people I’m from Washington and they ask if I mean the city or DC

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ThurstonHowell3rd t1_j5zw5r8 wrote

Two decades ago I'd tell people, "I'm from Washington - the one with all the trees, not the Bushes."

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BathrobeMagus t1_j5zww71 wrote

IIRC - The story goes that originally Washington State was going to be named Columbia, as the Columbia river denoted the Southern border. Canada was like "yeah, that makes sense, we'll name our province above the U.S. Columbia "British Columbia."

But then the people from the U.S. side were concerned that people would mix up the state of Columbia with the District of Columbia (D.C.). So they decided to ditch Columbia and go with Washington. But then for some reason I don't remember the District of Columbia started calling itself Washington District of Columbia, which became Washington D.C. Leaving the situation just as confusing as what the Washingtonians were trying to avoid in the first place. With Canada saying "Well damn, now we have an entire province named British Columbia that is neither British nor part of Columbia".

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espresso-yourself t1_j600w5g wrote

Replying to EdgaristheDog (#1,507,007)

When I lived in Spain, I used to have to explain that I was from Oregon - above California, below Seattle, in a place a lot like Galicia hahaha Now I can just tell people Washington, I guess, since I had to move for work

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tverofvulcan t1_j603yel wrote

When I was a child I used to think that whenever the news said Washington, I thought they met our state.

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SparklyRoniPony t1_j607t9n wrote

It’s even more annoying when someone just says “Vancouver” instead of specifying they mean the Vancouver in Canada. The Vancouver here has been around decades longer.

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Tainticle t1_j60fg3z wrote

Replying to TallGuyGreg13 (#1,507,773)

Not taking aim at you, promise. This is something I've only found recently and it bugs me personally.

'Tri-Cities'. Holy F. 'Tri-Cities' is such an overused thing that if you used that phrase, you absolutely should get confused looks. In the context of the forum, your use of the phrase makes sense, but like a lot of the other comments I definitely have to use extra brain power to figure out where the hell people are talking are talking about.

I just found out my hometown in California is part of a 'Tri-Cities'...thing. In LA county. Does that even count? Then...there's a second Tri-Cities in LA county? This one was bigger...and there's apparently a number of them in California, and a few larger ones out East. I remember one up North near St. Louis or something (this was the first time I'd heard of the phrase, so I assumed it was the first one? I have no clue.)

Nowadays, I think that phrase is just used for gatekeeping. Just tell me the city name or the region name, thx!

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TallGuyGreg13 t1_j60gamr wrote

Replying to Tainticle (#1,513,843)

I get what you mean. I'm pretty sure there's only one Tri-Cities, WA. Or, only one that the general population would know. And since this is a Washington subreddit, that's why I threw that out there. But yes, people in Washington generally know that Tri-Cities is a specific place in Southeast Washington.

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SkrillaSavinMama t1_j60ntvz wrote

Replying to BarnabyWoods (#1,508,065)

I would actually like Tahoma for the name. How do we change this lol because I want to hear people say I’m from Yakima, Tahoma or Tacoma, Tahoma.

Do you know how many non-WA people cannot say Puyallup, Yakima, Spokane, Tacoma. my favorite is Took-Weela (Tukwila). I would love to hear Tahoma pronounced after it 😂

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Quiet-Context_ t1_j61n36a wrote

Major pet peeve. Person: where you from? Me: Washington Person? State or DC? Me: state

I hate clarifying that it's Washington state. I now start conversations with, I'm from the west coast, Washington.

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Quiet-Context_ t1_j61ndz2 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,505,497)

I refuse to say I'm from Seattle. I have friends who say this so they don't have to explain where they're from. It irks me. Also, Seattle isn't the only city in Washington, which is why it annoys me when I say I'm from Washington and people immediately respond with Seattle.

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curtmandu t1_j61samo wrote

I’ve gotten VERY good at enunciating “Vancouver, NOT BC. Washington, not D.C.” when asked where I live lol.

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Capable_Nature_644 t1_j61yyql wrote

Yes. This is one issue when traveling. Which is why you need to specify "wa state"

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jay-ace92 t1_j627d7n wrote

The news could use D.C. or W.D.C as an abbreviation, which I am surprised hasn't caught on. Personally, I use D.C. for the U.S. capital and Washington for our state.

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marxistdan t1_j62o1pd wrote

I hate when people from D.C. refer to themselves as Washingtonians. No. We are the Washingtonians, they are the District of Columbians.

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kasiatrish t1_j64u5ez wrote

All the time. I hate when I get asked "Which Washington?" There's only one.

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MykeTheVet2 t1_j64yfqd wrote

Lmao I just heard every Washingtonion sigh.

“Where from bro?”

Just say “Seattle.” I know most of us don’t want to, but most east coasters think Seattle is a state.

#Tacoma #253

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Epicurus0319 t1_j6j3k7c wrote

Replying to MykeTheVet2 (#1,534,432)

Yeah, it’s just not fair that the entire Pacific Northwest has got only one NFL team (a mid one sadly) to support. Like, even Portland has the Trail Blazers basketball team (Seattle has women’s and UW and SeattleU have college basketball, but no NBA) but no football team- or Boise, or Spokane. Now college football on the other hand… we’ve got four teams that are all rivals of each other (Washington Huskies in Seattle, Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Washington State Cougars in eastern WA and Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis) and the Idaho Vandals as well, just across the state line from WSU. And UW and Washington state aren’t all that bad either.

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