How You Can Tell Someone’s Not From Montana

Those damned out of staters trying to take our land. What the heck is wrong with these guys? How dare they move to Montana? We true-born Montanans need to stick together to fight off these invading out-of-staters ruining our wa-

Ok, I'm originally from Wisconsin, so I can't verbally assault those nasty out-of-staters since, you know, I'm one of them.

Sorry.

Anyway, an individual asked "What are some tells that let you know someone is new to Montana?" on the Montana subreddit page. Do Montana newbies have a certain vibe to them? Apparently so, according to the internet.

Here are some of the best responses:

• "Wearing a bubble coat and beanie when the weather is sunny and in the 50s. That's t-shirt weather!" - EmbarrassedBunch3434
• "They don't own a snow shovel, yet." - DrunkenBlacksmith
• "Pay attention to how they say bag." - tugboatnavy
  • Ok, real talk, I do this all the time because I have an Upper Midwesterner accent
• "They can afford to buy a house." -Montanonymous
  • Too real
• "They don't know how to pronounce Choteau or Havre." -04BluSti
  • I'll be honest, I mispronounced Choteau for the first year I lived here.
• "They actually know how to use a roundabout" - clever_reddit_name69
• "How are the winters here?" - BoozeTheCat
• "they complain on reddit about the guy they met in the woods who had a visible revolver on their hip." -laidback_01

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