[pct-l] pronunciation of Oregon

[ambery-80243 at mypacks.net]

No matter how many times they are corrected, all my relatives from the midwest, still call my home state Ar ee GON......
But Len is right, with the accent on the first syllable....
OR a gun!
OR a gun!
OR a gun!



-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeannie Zortman <jeanmzortman at aol.com>
>Sent: Jan 12, 2009 8:46 PM
>To: Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com>
>Cc: "<pct-l at backcountry.net> <pct-l at backcountry.net>" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] pronunciation of Seiad
>
>Or - e- gun, long e!
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And shortly thereafter, you will be in 'Or-a-gun', not '-gon' (like
>> hexagon), as I was informed on two occasions.
>>
>> On 1/12/09, David Plotnikoff <david at emeraldlake.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It's taken me three seasons through there to get this absolutely
>>> straight, but it's SIGH-ad, not SAY-ad. And the locals WILL correct
>>> you on that point.
>>>
>>> DP
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