![]() ![]() ![]() Sequimmer: “too much like swimmer and the town isn’t even on the water.” 41, Number 52 weather outlook: THURSDAY, DEC. McInnes considered several options including the popular Sequimite which he said “conjured up visions of small burrowing crea- tures that eat your house.” He discards a few other choices, too. ![]() “Having to say you are ‘from Sequim’ hasn’t got any real class or rhythm to it, like saying you are Parisian or Laplander,” he wrote. Doug McInnes, who publishes “The Ditchwalker” for Sequim Old-Timers and Sequim Schools Alumni, wrote a tongue-and-cheek column on the subject of who we are in November 2005. Do you refer to your grandmother in Gig Harbor as a Gig Harborian or Uncle Stu in Sammamish as a Sammamishian? Probably not. But not much cre- dence goes into naming the people of smaller cities like Sequim. What we do know is that there are some definites - Seattle people are Seattleites and Portland residents are Portlanders. ![]() But, two children later and count- less stories written, I can’t recall if it was the other way around or not. She said a newcomer was a Sequimite and after a certain amount of time they become a Sequimarian. A few days after that column ran, a reader phoned me to say I was incorrect. Community treasure DECEMBER 2014 volume 10, issue 4 HEALTHY LIVING | AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT PRODUCED BY PENINSULA DAILY NEWS & SEQUIM GAZETTE | 2015 New Year’s resolution Small changes, BIG impact PAGE 6 How do you feel about being a Sequimite? How about a Sequimar- ian? Or a Sequimmer or Sequim- ian? When I first started with the Sequim Gazette, I wrote a column that asked “What are the people of Sequim called?” Following a bad joke about se- quins and disco, the column alluded that by definition a Sequim resident is a Sequimite. ![]()
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