Any Walla Wallans?

**scirocco22** · 02-19-2007, 12:40 AM

Okay, when in college, a good buddy of mine happened to be from Walla Walla --actually, Touchet (or the greater Walla Walla area).

1. How does a native pronounce "Walla Walla?" Or how do they know right away that you aren't from around there when they hear you say the name of their town?

2. How do you pronounce "Touchet" ?

--'rocco

**scirocco22** · 02-19-2007, 07:55 PM

Oh, and those of you who are not Walla Wallans, what is Walla Walla's most notable institution?

--'rocco

**NHYRNUT** · 02-19-2007, 08:43 PM

is it the one with the straight jackets? lol

**MyAzi** · 02-19-2007, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by scirocco22

Oh, and those of you who are not Walla Wallans, what is Walla Walla's most notable institution?

--'rocco

do you mean Whitman Seminary, Founded in 1859, Now Whitman College?

**scirocco22** · 02-19-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MyAzi

do you mean Whitman Seminary, Founded in 1859, Now Whitman College?

Oh, well, that definitely could be one but not the one that I'm thinking of.

NHYRNUT was a little warmer but not really.

--'rocco

**scirocco22** · 02-21-2007, 02:29 AM

Well, we're not getting much traffic on this thread.

Okay, the way a Walla Wallan knows that a person is an outsider is if they pronounce it with the accent on the second "walla."

It's WALLA walla, not walla WALLA as most would pronounce it.

--'rocco

**MyAzi** · 02-21-2007, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by scirocco22

Oh, and those of you who are not Walla Wallans, what is Walla Walla's most notable institution?

--'rocco

so are you going to share this tidbit of trivia???

**jabm67** · 02-21-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by scirocco22

Oh, and those of you who are not Walla Wallans, what is Walla Walla's most notable institution?

The penitentiary. Unless you mean the sweet onions.

The state mental hospital is up at Medical Lake ... where I went to high school ...

**scirocco22** · 02-21-2007, 12:17 PM

Yes, we have a winner. That's the one I was thinking of. The Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla.

How many famous killers can you name that have been incarcerated there?

--'rocco

**scirocco22** · 02-22-2007, 02:10 AM

oh, and the pronunciation of Touchet is "Too Shee"

--'rocco

**the dufferz** · 02-22-2007, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by scirocco22

Yes, we have a winner. That's the one I was thinking of. The Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla.

How many famous killers can you name that have been incarcerated there?

--'rocco

for me the most famous executed was Charles Campbell. One major scumbag.

Ted Bundy probably spent some time there and I would guess that the green river killer now makes this his home.

Can't forget about Mitchell Rupe, ate himself so fat that they could not hang his lard.

**MyAzi** · 02-22-2007, 03:09 AM

Why is it Duff that I find your knowledge of this, disturbing???

**jabm67** · 02-26-2007, 05:01 PM

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Ted Bundy probably spent some time there and I would guess that the green river killer now makes this his home.

I'm not certain of this, but I didn't think Bundy spent any time in prison in WA. He fled the state before he was caught here, I thought.

I arrived in Seattle in fall 1974, when the Ted scare was just beginning to ramp down. I have never since been in in environment of such fear. Young college women were packing heat (and we're talking .357's, not .38's), and well-meaning college men had it shown to them.

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scirocco22 Questionable Member Join Date: Jan 22nd, 2007 Location: Somewhere Else Posts: 441	Any Walla Wallans? Okay, when in college, a good buddy of mine happened to be from Walla Walla --actually, Touchet (or the greater Walla Walla area). 1. How does a native pronounce "Walla Walla?" Or how do they know right away that you aren't from around there when they hear you say the name of their town? 2. How do you pronounce "Touchet" ? --'rocco

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