itstreeman t1_jaoit4y wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Reply to comment by Flannapel in Western Washington territory, 1857 by BoazCorey

Any idea about puget the person? I met a person visiting from Australia who kept saying puggit sound. And it took me a few hours to understand they had only read the word, and never heard anyone pronounce puget.

blackberrypietoday2 t1_jaoriyf wrote on March 2, 2023 at 11:30 PM

>Any idea about puget the person?

Peter Puget was a British naval officer and colleague of Captain George Vancouver (who named Puget Sound after Puget) who explored and surveyed the Pacific North American coast, from the Columbia River to Alaska.

squirrelgator t1_jaq0n07 wrote on March 3, 2023 at 5:33 AM

And then there was Captain Puget, who had a kids TV show on KOMO.

itstreeman t1_jaq6r5k wrote on March 3, 2023 at 6:41 AM

Oh? I grew up in Portland.