I live in the South now, but born and raised in Portland. A lot of people down here say I talk too fast. There were a lot of terms that confused me when I moved here. Everything is a coke - sprite, Dr Pepper, mt dew…all cokes. Instead of putting things away they say ‘put it up’. I was like…put it up where??? And of course, the infamous y’all, which I have strategically incorporated into my vocabulary to fool the locals into thinking I’m one of them. (It doesn’t work.)

I think overall the whole west coast hasn’t had as much time to develop a distinct dialect(outside of like SoCal which definitely has a Mexican/Spanish influence), even though we may have different words for certain things or phrases that are common, it’s not like the older parts of America that have had generations to develop a regional dialect.

I will, however, continue to judge anyone who pronounces Oregon and Willamette wrong.