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How ta tawk rite |
 | | It's derived from the local greeting, "Where y'at!", although it tends not to be used by locals in the way it's used by outsiders. |
| | The best generic term for Everyone Else is "Yat", a word too often limited by its etymology so that it refers merely to those who greet you with "Where y'at?" most often. |
| | Yat is actually much broader than this; it is a state of mind. |
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