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    Quote Originally Posted by The Man View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
    The latter is professed to be the correct pronunciation by a decidedly insane person who is objectively wrong.
    So lonny bob then?
    Close; the female equivalent of him.

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    If anything it should be Ore - Gone. Who pronounces Ore, Ore-eh? Freaks.

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    English is confusing. There's no sales tax in Oregon!

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    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).
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jowy View Post
    There's no sales tax in Oregon!
    No sales tax here in Montana either

    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".

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    ...that's not how you say Spokane?
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    Spo-cane...?

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    Finally us Americans are getting our revenge for all those -eicester towns.

    And it's pronounced spo-CAN.

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    why would there be an e at the end of that word if it's just pronounced like can

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
    He also calls Spokane "Spo-KAYNE".
    Read that as "Spo-Kanye" and it was hilarious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jiro View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
    He also calls Spokane "Spo-KAYNE".
    Read that as "Spo-Kanye" and it was hilarious.


    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!
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    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

    Actually, that's a bit too hard. I'll give you it's shortened, simplified name:

    Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
    Last edited by Quindiana Jones; 07-25-2013 at 02:01 PM. Reason: No, that isn't a space. It's a quadruple L.

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