How do you pronounce the word Oregon?

[NL5]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Southern Washington

You mean Vantucky?

I hate that even more than "the couv"

 

[RaistlinZ]

Ill-uh-noise

😛

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Answering this is kinda like answering how you should pronounce oregano ...

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: NL5
Or-eh-guhn

That's probably the closest. ( I live just outside Portland)

:thumbsup:

that's how I pronounce it.

lived in Portland, OR till my family moved back east when I was 11.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: NL5
Or-eh-guhn

That's probably the closest. ( I live just outside Portland)

:thumbsup:

that's how I pronounce it.

lived in Portland, OR till my family moved back east when I was 11.

Ditto here.

 

[SaltBoy]

Aragorn

 

[Amused]

Dur-Tee Hip-Pees

😉

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Ore-ghun.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Dysentery

 

[Judgement]

I can't decide between or-again and or-a-gun

 

[MotionMan]

http://www.a2zgorge.info/area/its_not_orygone.htm

http://portland.lifetips.com/f...unce-oregon/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...sputed_pronunciation#O

http://www.city-data.com/forum...s-nevada-colorado.html

http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Oregon

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

See above.

MotionMan

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Dysentery

:laugh:

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
orygun

Also, for any visitors of our state, here are a few other common mispronunciations (with their name followed by the correct phonetic spelling):

Tigard = Tie-gerd

Couch = Cooch

Tualatin = Too-ah-la-tin

Willamette = Wil-am-it

^^^What he said. ^^^

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: mugs
Ora-gun

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Xanis
or-eh-gon

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Rock Hydra

Originally posted by: mugs
Ora-gun

^^

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: NL5

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Southern Washington

You mean Vantucky?

I hate that even more than "the couv"

At least Vantucky accurately describes the people who live there.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: mugs
Ora-gun

 

[PrinceofWands]

or-eh-gun

Saying ore'gone' around here gets you laughed at, much like people who say 'warsh-ington'.

 

[sdifox]

ore gone

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: mugs
Ora-gun

^ this

 

[waffleironhead]

organ

 

[meltdown75]

Oral G

 

[waffleironhead]

Speaking of states names.

why is kansas(cans-ass) and arkansas(ar-can-saw). Wouldnt it make sense to be kansas(can-saw) or arkansas(ar-cans-ass) as well?