[pct-l] Oregon

[Ernie Castillo]

OK. I have to chime in.

When I hiked the PCT in 1980, I was corrected several times when I mispronounced a major river in the OR state. I was taught this lesson. 

 

"Lest you forget

And call it will-em-et

Remember

It's will-am-it

Dammit."

Ernie Castillo
erniec01 at hotmail.com
248 884 5201



 
> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 01:22:14 +0000
> From: boundforadventure at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Oregon
> 
> So true. What's exasperating is when someone asks me where I live and I 
> answer, "Athena, Or e gun ?", and they respond, "Oh, so how do you like all 
> the rain in Or E gone?" like they didn't even hear what I said. - Lost and 
> Found
> 
> From: Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com>
> But be advised - get the pronunciation of 'Oregon' right. Something
> like 'or-a-gun' or 'or-i-gun' works. Pronouncing 'Oregon' similar
> to the way you say 'hexagon', with too much emphasis on the last
> syllable, got me corrected on multiple occasions.
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