The Stillaguamish, by the way, is called the "Stilly" by locals, and it's the source of "Stilly River Sage"'s Mudcat name. For those who were wondering. (Such as myself, until I remembered the name of the river!)

One of the best Washington-place-name-pronunciation stories I've heard was told by Fred Small. He wrote a wonderful song called "Jimmy Come Lately", about a nationally-ranked college basketball coach who retired to become a school bus driver in Sequim, on the Olympic Peninsula. Fred said that he had to rewrite the entire chorus when he found out that Sequim was actually pronounced "Skwim"! (The song is based on a real person, and if anyone knows his name I'd be much obliged if you'd tell me.)

Aloha,
Mark