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Old 04-18-2008, 05:07 PM
 
Location: Cosmic Consciousness
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It's simple -- they've got it right: Pew-AL-up. Don't look at the spelling. Just say the sounds we typed. "AL" is the accented syllable, and it sounds like the man's name, Al.
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Old 04-18-2008, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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At least it's not named after what the tribe was originally called.... spwiya'laphabsh.

Then you'd really have some issues.

Puyallup Indian Tribe
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Old 04-18-2008, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Cosmic Consciousness
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At least it's not named after what the tribe was originally called.... spwiya'laphabsh.

Then you'd really have some issues.

Puyallup Indian Tribe
Great post, Wannabe! Thanks! Wonderfully informative link, with lots of history I'll bet most of us didn't know. I didn't.
"...spwiya'laphabsh, meaning generous or welcoming ... in the Puyallup Nisqually tongue of the Salishan family of languages spoken among Northwest Coast". Thank you!
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Old 04-18-2008, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Seattle Area
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You can do it at a trot
You can do it at a gallup
You can do it real slow
So your heart won't palpitate
Don't be late
Do the Puyallup!

Do the Puyallup!

Do the Puyallup!
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Old 04-18-2008, 09:21 PM
 
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*laughs* great posts so far!

I think I've posted this before in another thread, exit82, but you can hear it pronounced here.
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Old 04-18-2008, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Great post, Wannabe! Thanks! Wonderfully informative link, with lots of history I'll bet most of us didn't know. I didn't.
"...spwiya'laphabsh, meaning generous or welcoming ... in the Puyallup Nisqually tongue of the Salishan family of languages spoken among Northwest Coast". Thank you!
You're welcome...I didn't know all that either. I was just doing a search to find out if the pronunciation was different from how most of us say it. And voila! Lots of good stuff to know came up.
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Old 04-18-2008, 11:00 PM
 
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I call it poo-yallup myself.

I always laugh when I hear Issackwah
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Old 04-19-2008, 12:34 PM
 
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Anybody want to move to Sequim where it's drier? How about Pe Ell? I love the names around here!
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Old 04-22-2008, 10:44 PM
 
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PEW-ALL-UP

Heard a news anchor pronounce it POO-ya-loop once. You could always tell a new one
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:00 AM
 
Location: ***Spokane***
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It's Pew-al-up
Just think of cow poo "SMELL", and say "PEW", the ALUP....
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