[pct-l] pronunciation of Oregon

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

Many of us small-town folk in Northen Ca. use the more simplistic two syllables; OR GUN.  It makes it more simple for the crazy folks that think we should create a new State of Jefferson as well.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: 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 
> >Sent: Jan 12, 2009 8:46 PM 
> >To: Len Glassner 
> >Cc: " " 
> >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 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 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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