So here's my stupid rant, but it's been bugging me for a while...
What's the deal with the stupid river names of the Washington rivers?
I know most of them are indian names, but come on indians....couldn't you come up with something less lame or better yet, easier to pronounce? Plus a pile of them sound the same. Snohomish, Skokomish, Skykomish, Duwamish...there's way too much ish going around. Oh ya, who's brainchild was the Nooksack? I'm not even sure where to start with that one
How about the Humptulips...thats sounds like a slang term for a bj.
All and I'm just saying there's too many lame river names around here.
Now don't get me wrong. The Queets, Sol Duc, and Hoh are all cool names of rivers, but overall I don't think Washington competes with Oregon and California as far as the river names go...ie Trask, Kilchis, Nestucca, Umpqua, Siletz, Rogue, Trinity, Kalamath, American, Chetco, Elk, Sixes. Even Canada blows WA out of the water bit the Bulkley, Kispiox, Skeena, Babine.
I guess I'm just of the opinion of you can't name your dog after it then it's not a good name
JD

i say you go back to oregon

Who knew Seinfeld was into fishing?

Knew that was coming....
Sorry, I'm staying for a while and I'll fish the rivers with cool names. Calawah, Bogisheild, Cowlitz, among other well named rivers.
JD

That's the Bogushield to you young man

We could trade you a couple cool names for rivers for a couple cool names for college mascots.

Ducks and Beavers? That's the best you could come up with?

It's Bogachiel, by the way.

Yeah, Clackamas sounds like a freak'n STD, real cool. Not to mention fishing it you might just catch one.

Whats in a name?

The rivers in my area were named after local indian tribes.

Wait a minute.....Thats your former area.

No problems here with names of any rivers.

The only difference I see is the ones in Oregon are easier to spell.

Oregon tribes were not as educated?

Hard to top the Klatskanie being right next to the Clatskanie...


Or how about two rivers called The John Day River, both emptying into the Columbia??

DeWatto Dosewallips?

Wynooche Pysht Umptanum, before Deschutes yourself in the Ashnola!

.... and neither are some iOregonians.

"The Willy"

"The Big C"

Ugh.

"Wilson" !!!!!!.Sounds like a soccer or volley ball floating out in the ocean."Sandy" sounds like some chick that got laid lots in the sand.Come on now.ZZZZZZZZZZiiiiiiiiinnnnngggggggggg (Duck's & Beaver's) the king of zing show's up in fashion.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Like I said Hoh.....Oregon tribes didnt do so well in school.

If you're going to live in our state at least learn to speak our language.
Otherwise get back down south of the border.
Apparently we need to tighten up our immigration laws, these Oregon transplants are running rampant and taking all the good jobs/fishing holes. Now they're complaining about the names of our rivers, where do we draw the line?

Skykomish is ancient indian tongue for "River with Many Steel Bridges"

I blame it on California,

Those assholes ruin everything.

I'm just jealous we don't have a Cumsheen in our state that flows out of the Hoh and Nooksack and down in to the Humptulips.

Of course, there's the "alternative" river, The Queets. (Say that with your pinky raised towards the Sky-komish). At least the Queets is not Raging.

You're not going to post that pic again are you?

When are you getting that mount back again?

minitodd, next time you pick up that can opener you should remember the lumps you got here.

and whats with the minitodd deal, like we don't get enough todd already!


Fishy