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The World of Utah

I have lived in Utah for 8 years now. That's a pretty long time, and most of the time I think I've gotten this whole Utah thing figured out. I know all there is to know about living here. But then something like this happens.

I am talking with my coworkers who are both born and raised Utahn's, not just mere 8-year Utahn's. One of them starts talking about a "potgut."

Me: "I'm sorry, What did you just say?"

Coworker A: "A PotGut!"

Me: ".....um.....what in the world is that?"

Coworker A turns to Coworker B for help.

Coworker B: "Well I know what they are but I don't know what else they're called!"

We all stare at each other for awhile. We feel like we're speaking a different language and cannot communicate with one another.

Coworker B: "It's a little animal that digs holes in the ground?"

Any guesses? Anyone who is NOT a Utahn?

I googled it and found a story similar to mine of a girl talking about her boyfriend who used the term and she couldn't tell what he was talking about.

It's a ground squirrel. Nothing spectacular, nothing uncommon, nothing unique to Utah. A squirrel. That lives in the ground.

Apparently there are still new things to discover that come alone with living in the Great Intermountain West. Though just because I live here doesn't mean I have to adopt their weird words and things. Utahns. Never get old.


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Comments

Loni said…
That is SO strange!!
January 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM
Unknown said…
In our defense, I have not heard that term used either and I AM from Utah. However, we used to call them ground chucks. That is what I think of when I hear the limerick, "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" In case that limerick is also a Utah thing, the answer is...
If a woodchuck could chuck wood, a woodchuck would chuck all the wood a woodchuck could chuck; IF a woodchuck could chuck wood.
January 23, 2013 at 9:44 AM
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