Oregon has weird liquor laws. Taprooms that only sell beer and can't serve spirits are actually pretty common, and they'll have fancy beers brewed in a room behind the counter. (Most of them like to highlight the existence of the brewery by making it visible to the rest of the room.) People don't usually call em "beer bars" but that's exactly what they are.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can definitely tell it's a non-native by what they call those places

Also how they pronounce some of the smaller cities

Like Chelatche

[–] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it: Chee-latt-chai?

[–] osbo9991@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't heard anyone say chelatchie out loud before, but I live in the pnw and I would guess it would be pronounced cheh-latch-ee, which is similar to how "Wenatchee", a pnw city, is pronounced (not helpful but interesting nonetheless).

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very close, sha-latch-ee

No worries though

It's a really small place and the closer one lives to it the more likely I've seen people be able to get it

Spokane is a fun one to hear people say though when they're from a few states away

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spoke Anne? Did I get it right?

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Basically

More like Spo-Can

I've heard people say it as wrong as Spo-Cane before which was pretty rough

The easiest way to spot someone from out of the area is when it rains, ask them about the weather. We've got a lot of words for rain up here in Washington, so what they pick will say a lot.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Clatskanie is a good one too.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

"Brew pub" is the correct term, at least in my experience as a Portlander.