How do you know someone isn't from around here?
When we get a new radio personality, the shibboleth is Yakima. (It actually makes the weather report entertaining). They usually would say something like: Yah-KEY-Mah.
If you work for the USPS, my helmut's off to you. You could probably fill a book with the stories you could tell.
And I kept wondering why everyone just smiled at me in Sequim.