Have you ever wondered how to tell if someone is a true, dyed-in-the-wool Seattleite?
The longer you live in a certain place, the easier it gets to distinguish the locals from the tourists and temporary transplants. If you’ve lived in Seattle for a long time, then you know that there are just certain things you would never hear a Seattleite say.
We asked our Instagram and Facebook followers, because who better to answer this question than Seattleites themselves?
Read on for what they said!
You won’t hear Seattleites utter these words no matter how hard it’s raining:
1. “Grab the umbrella.”
2. “Nice umbrella you got there!”
3. “Let me grab my umbrella…”
4. “I need an umbrella.”
If someone is really friendly, they’re probably from California:
5. “Hello, I’m _____ it’s nice to meet you!”
6. “To stranger: Hello (or hi)”
7. “Hi! How are you?!” 😅🙃
8. “You’re new here? Wanna hang out?”
9. “Welcome to the neighborhood!”
10. “I love making friends!”
11. “Welcome to the city! Want to get some drinks or dinner sometime?”
12. “Hey you wanna hang out later?”
13. “Let’s go make friends.”
14. “People in Seattle are so warm and fuzzy to newcomers.”
15. “Yes, I’m 100% down. I’ll be there for sure.”
We don’t talk fashion often but when we do… it definitely doesn’t sound like this:
16. “What’s Patagonia?”
17. “I have too many puffers.”
18. “I left my jacket at home.”
19. “Wow, I didn’t know you could buy an entire wardrobe at REI!”
We’re a tiny bit picky about what to call places:
20. “Referring to South Lake Union as “S-L-U” or “Slu”. Ew.
21. “Pike’s Market” 😶😂
22. “Cap hill” 🧢
23. “So I was driving on the five…”
24. “Nordstrom’s. (It’s Nordstrom.)”
25. “The Puget Sound.”
If you hear any of these phrases while on the go, you’re either with a tourist or a sarcastic Seattleite:
26. “I’m just going to turn into Pike Place to find parking.”
27. “There’s too many options for parking!”
28. “This bus has great shocks” 🚎
29. “Driving down I-5 isn’t similar at all to play’n Super Mario Kart” 🤣🙌🤣
30. “Let’s walk to the place!” (We drive everywhere 💀)
31. “I love all of these pot holes. I’m so glad we keep them all.”
We’re particular about our food and drink:
32. “I don’t like coffee.”
33. “There are too many coffee shops here.”
34. “Do you have a lager?”
35. “No cream cheese on my hot dog please!”
Something something sports:
36. “Go Niners!”
37. “Cougs win!”
38. “The Mariners are going to the World Series.”
File these under activities Seattleites just don’t do:
39. “Wanna grab some Starbucks?”
40. “I was just at the Space Needle.”
41. “I love Pike Place Market.”
42. “Let’s swim in Green Lake!”
43. “Let’s go to the mall – I want to do something indoors.”
44. “Let’s go ride a ferry boat.”
45. “Pioneer Square is totally safe at night!”
46. “Let’s just swing by Starbucks for coffee.”
47. “Let’s catch up downtown!”
48. “Pike & 3rd ave is my favorite place.”
49. “Let’s go to Bellevue!”
50. “Of *course* I’ll visit you if you move to Kirkland/Shoreline/Federal Way.”
51. “You need to visit Tacoma.”
We may be a little obsessed with our dogs:
52. “I don’t like corgis.”
53. “No, my cattle dog actually doesn’t have an ig account at the moment.”
And if you hear someone say any of the following, ask them if it’s Pike Place or Pike’s Place:
54. “We need more gas powered leaf blowers.”
55. “I hate hiking and camping, I’m moving to LA.” 😂
56. “I just found an apartment in a safe neighborhood that I can afford!”
57. “There’s nothing like the smell of wildfire smoke in the morning.”
58. “You know who’s a really great guy? Jeff Bezos.”
59. “We stopped watering our grass because of the drought.”
60. “Dating in Seattle is awesome!”
Let us know what are some other things you would never hear a Seattleite say!