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How do you pronounce the state of Oregon in the US? Do you pronounce it "Oregon" (or Ore-eh-gun, or even Ore-eh-gone/gan/ghen) or "Organ" (as in, organ of the body).
The latter is professed to be the correct pronunciation by a decidedly insane person who is objectively wrong.
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it's 3 syllables.
^gun is correct. Gone is how Wesley said it on the phone, which is just silly.
I use the 3 syllable version "Or-eh-gun"
Oregon Trail for old school Mac is the bomb, thouhg.
I say ore-eh-gone.
i agree with this. the word is three syllables, and the last rhymes with gunQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
also the above was intended as a pun: "or a gun"
According to this insane "Organ" person, every person this unfortunate member has ever met says "Organ."
I now have reason to believe this person lives in a mental asylum.
EDIT: For the record, I say "Or-eh-gun," though Sarah claims I said "gone" the first time I mentioned it (I didn't). Regardless, I maintain that "Or-eh-gone" is more correct than "Or-gan."
oh-ruh-guhn.
I SAY IT WITH TWO SYLLABLES OKAYQuote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
And you DID say "gone". I heard you!
How is there even a debate? It looks pretty straight forward to me. I pronounce it how it is meant to be pronounced, as I know a girl from Oregon and have heard her say it before.
Or-uh-gen.
Like, come on people.
Organ! It's Or-gan trail. we leave their entrails.
YEEEEEEEEEAH BRING IT IN GIRL
So lonny bob then? :monster:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
Anyway, it's or-eh-gun. Everyone knows that.
Close; the female equivalent of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by The ManSo lonny bob then? :monster:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
If anything it should be Ore - Gone. Who pronounces Ore, Ore-eh? Freaks.
Oregano
Pentagon
Hexagon
Oregon
English is confusing. There's no sales tax in Oregon!
Three syllables. Hard to say how I say this one as it depends on how lazy my NZ accent is. I tend to go with the Or-eh-gon thing, but when my accent kicks in it'll likely sound quite different to you lot because NZ'ers are rather subtle with their vowels (particularly when compared with some Australians who can exaggerate them quite notably).
I'd say it Or-eh-gone, because I'm a filthy foreigner who has never actually heard the word being said natively. Purely by looking at the word, that's how I'd say it. :3
No sales tax here in Montana either :smug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jowy
Anyways it's pronounced or-uh-gun. Slight emphasis on the first syllable. Huxley says or-uh-GONE which is hilarious and I will never stop making fun of him for it ever.
He also calls Spokane "Spo-KAYNE".
...that's not how you say Spokane?
Spo-cane...?
:colbert:
Finally us Americans are getting our revenge for all those -eicester towns.
And it's pronounced spo-CAN.
why would there be an e at the end of that word if it's just pronounced like can
Milngavie
Pronunciation GO
Read that as "Spo-Kanye" and it was hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
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Originally Posted by JiroRead that as "Spo-Kanye" and it was hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Yo Spokane, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Worcester is the best place name pronunciation of all time!
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Actually, that's a bit too hard. I'll give you it's shortened, simplified name:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
Go on, Quin. Set up a new thread with a poll for all the different ways people pronounce that.
Can-ada
Our turn for manifest destiny!
They may not be insane. Maybe they just had a stroke or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
I say it with three syllables, but the second syllable is pronounced so softly it may as well be two. If you're making a big deal out of the second syllable, you're doing it wrong.
Slight emphasis on the first syllable but the other two are stressed about equally.
I grew up in the Pac Northwest. This is how it is said.
Always pronounce the opposite of what Loony BoB says.
really? i say it or-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-gonQuote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
it irks the trout out me when people say "spo-cane" xD
* Shorty arrives in EdinburghQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
* Loony_BoB welcomes Shorty
SO HOW WAS SPO CANE AIRPORT???
She will get back on that plane and never return.
Shockingly, BoB is not far off this one. At least he has the correct number of syllables, which is more than can be said for some people who were raised too far away from civilization to learn their own country's states.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Adequate
Don't worry, if I said it out loud you guys would probably think I was saying chopsticks or something.
eer-eh-gan
It's not my fault I was raised in Oz.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaistlinShockingly, BoB is not far off this one. At least he has the correct number of syllables, which is more than can be said for some people who were raised too far away from civilization to learn their own country's states.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Adequate
I say Spo-cane :(.
WRONG
Clearly pronunciation threads are all the rage these days...
Go on, plz. I want to laugh at you all and your frustration at the sheer why of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
inb4 a Scot comes along. :colbert:
Only 19-2? Come on, people, we should be blowing out this "or-gan" crap way more than this.
Ok, I'll give it a shot, and this will be a completely random guess because you make it seem like it must be very non-phonetic: mine-give/guyv (hard "i" sound on both syllables, not like the word "give").Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaunaGo on, plz. I want to laugh at you all and your frustration at the sheer why of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
inb4 a Scot comes along. :colbert:
Nobody cares about your stupid poll to prove me wrong, Weasley. :zombert:
Yeah it just proves that none of you but sarah and I know how to pronounce Oregon.
One wordQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
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Uh, yes, I actually agree with that completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freya
EDIT: Nice catch. :p
DAMN IT TO HELL I tried to edit her post
you sneaky bastard
I JUST CAN'T TYPE RIHGT DONT HATE ME.
You're all still wrong.
As I said in the Who's Online thread, I know all and see all.
And that is what we call a Freudian slip. http://www.thegamersalliance.net/for...ilies/pimp.gif
Still wrong. Who pronounces Ore as or-eh. Seriously. Are we all Canadians now?
Ore isn't pronounced ore-eh. But reg has the eh sound in it. So O-REG-on or gun or whatever
EDIT: It's like OREGANO. Do you pronounce that Organ-o? No :colbert:
It's "Ore" "gon". Two syllables. :doublecolbert:
we are the 9.52 percent
You are the wrong percent. The majority might not always be right, but in this case we most definitely are.
I'm sure I've heard it said 'correctly' before but screw that, it's Miln-Gav-E.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaunaGo on, plz. I want to laugh at you all and your frustration at the sheer why of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
inb4 a Scot comes along. :colbert:
Close! :3Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
Of course, if I tried to pronounce it phonetically, it would be similar to BoB's (horrifyingly enough). My first thought was Miln-gahv-ee, though I thought I'd take a stab at the right answer.
So how is it said???
Mull-guy. Enjoy.
wait isn't that this guy? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
You want some stupidly pronounced place names? Here we go.
Schuylkill Riverskoo-kle
Rensselaer Countyrenss-uh-ler
City of Rensselaerrenss-uh-leeeer (yes, this is pronounced differently from the above)
Kayaderosseras CreekKay-der-oss
DefreestvilleDe-freets-ville. yes, they switched the t and the s.
Voorheesvillevor-eez-ville
ChazyHo-va.i'm kidding. it does rhyme with Jay-Z though
It's nothing like "oregano" in emphasis. Not even remotely close.Quote:
Originally Posted by shion
OR-egg-un. As anyone who lives anywhere near it clearly knows.
Also, Spo-CAN.
The Men Who Wear Many Hats | Organ Trail
EDIT: I should note that "egg" is not pronounced "igg" like some people with extreme En Zed accents.
The difference between destressing the second vowel and eliminating it completely isn't exactly very clear cut. At least with a retroflex approximant r as I have, the transition between r and g brings with it a brief neutral vowel. (Who knows what happens for you crazy people with alveolar approximant or trilled or flapped or nonexistent r's. R is far too complicated a sound.)
I will say that when I actually say Oregon I intentionally delay the pronunciation of g to make the vowel more apparent, but in quick conversational speech, I could completely see Oregon and organ ending up with the exact same ultimate phonological production.
The real crazies are the one who make Oregon end in "gone". It seems to be mostly people who have never lived anywhere near Oregon. Like all these native Wisconsinites.
Umm guys I'm pretty sure the movie is called Eragon
Not only am I judging the fact that 1) this is a legitimate thread made by a reasonably (as in he knows how to clothe himself) smart person and 2) that this is even a question but also I'm judging that 3) you all have made so many posts arguing about it.
Shame. Shame on you.
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Originally Posted by noxious.sunshine
this.
lol macs having games
yeah, i agree with foa on this silly discussion being unnecessary. like all of the other ridiculously lopsided poll threads we've had.
i'm gonna go to organ to eat some marmite with a glass of soup on the side for drinking
The point of this thread was not to actually debate "Oregon vs. Organ," because as I heavily implied in the OP, it's not really a debate. The point of this thread was to demonstrate that it wasn't even a debate while giving us yet another reason to mock Shorty, which is something that never involves too many posts.
You would be so bored without me, birthday boy.
I would like to invite all non-Washingtonians to attempt to pronounce "Puyallup".
Poo-y'all-up?
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Originally Posted by Mister Adequate
PUYALLUP IS THE WORSTQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
To be fair all the names like "Puyallup" and "Sequim" are because they were really, really bad at Anglicizing the native names way back when those places were "named" in English. If they were derived from the exact same native word now they'd spell them quite differently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
I mean, English speakers have this issue with huge numbers of Chinese words so it isn't too shocking that it happened with far less common native words.
Poo-yul-loop?
WRONG AGAINQuote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
Aw, I didn't get a red X. :(
pew-al-up
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Originally Posted by Denmark
gosh dang native americans and their misplaced y's