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		<description><![CDATA[Northwesterners have distinct speech patterns. | Take the test: &quot;Say &#8216;caught&#8217; and &#8216;cot&#8217; out loud. If you&#8217;re a true Northwest speaker, the words will sound identical.&quot; Do you say &quot;pail&quot; or &quot;bucket&quot;? If you&#8217;re a true Northwest speaker, you say &quot;bucket.&quot; Is your voice &quot;creaky&quot; or &quot;breathy&quot;? Northwesterners sound creaky (whatever that means). That&#8217;s all according to a University of Washington linguist, who goes on to say, &quot;Everyone thinks the Pacific Northwest is too young a...]]></description>
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