Oregon

Targaryen had a quick thing to say said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 12:49pm ET

How do you pronounce it?

Ore-gin?

Ore-gone?

Ore-gun?

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eonfifty said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 12:53pm ET:

Or-eh-gun, but I was told the locals pronounce it Ore-gun.

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Barney said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 12:56pm ET:

I pronounce them losers from Thursday night’s college basketball game.

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carl669 said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 1:23pm ET:

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RiotDemon said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 2:30pm ET:

Oreh gone… I guess. I don’t ever talk about it.

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- @RiotDemon Why not? It looks like a pretty nice place. I heard they have a pretty awesome bookstore there.
  
  Targaryen said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 5:04pm ET
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- POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 5:04pm ET
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- @RiotDemon @Targaryen Powells. it’s an entire city block.
  
  carl669 said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 5:40pm ET
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- @carl669 @RiotDemon @Targaryen
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  Cerridwyn said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 8:30pm ET
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- @RiotDemon oreh-gone is the city in Ohio, suburb of Toledo.(toe-lee-dough)
  
  but we can’t pronounce anything right here in ohio…
  I Live in Lima (LYE-ma, like the bean)
  Delphos (del-fuss)
  Bellefontaine (bell-fountain)
  Mentor (men-ner)
  Newark (NERK)
  Russia (roo-she)
  Versailles (ver-sales)
  the list goes on, and on, and on… too many to even remember…
  
  earlyre said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 9:34pm ET
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moonhat said Fri, Mar 29th 2019 at 7:31pm ET:

ore gun

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shahnm said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 12:04am ET:

I exercise my right not to pronounce it at all.

As an aside, does anyone want to discuss Uranus?

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lordbowen said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 12:13am ET:

Orygun.

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- @lordbowen I’ve spent most of my life in Oregon. This is the most common (read: correct) pronunciation by locals.
  
  macromeh said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 11:16am ET
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- @lordbowen great x5 (or 6) grandpa came here via Oregon Trail. I was born and raised here. This is how we say it.
  
  lindsayp510 said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 4:08pm ET
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jnicholson0619 said Sat, Mar 30th 2019 at 2:02am ET:

I happen to be in Oregon. We say "ore-eh-gen.

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