TW Oregonians

http://news.statesmanjournal.com/home.cfm

See "What should Oregon's slogan be?" and add your comments to the poll.

do people in oregon pronounce it 'or-eh-gin' or 'or-eh-gone'?

xsMaster said:

do people in oregon pronounce it 'or-eh-gin' or 'or-eh-gone'?

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#1, unless you're a die-hard republican and then it's O, Reagan!

"Where beavers and ducks make platypus's" or is it platypli

Oregon, It beats the fuck out of Ohio

"Oregon, where too much hackey sack and/or tofu can lead to short term memory loss."

^^^ Proven statistics

Oregon, where the men are men, and the sheep are nervous.

xsMaster said:

do people in oregon pronounce it 'or-eh-gin' or 'or-eh-gone'?

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It's OR-uh-gn.

There really isn't much of a vowel sound in the third syllable. I guess it's the typical "schwa."

(lessee if I can put a schwa in the text window)

So: OR-ə-gən

when i lived there it was said like Ore-ih-gun

xsMaster said:

do people in oregon pronounce it 'or-eh-gin' or 'or-eh-gone'?

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people who say or-eh-gone should be rounded up and shot, i speak for most people in wa/or when i say this. they're along the same line of people who pronounce washington as "war-shing-tin". there's NO FUCKING R

i say it or-gin

-]DoW[-RedDeath said:

people who say or-eh-gone should be rounded up and shot, i speak for most people in wa/or when i say this. they're along the same line of people who pronounce washington as "war-shing-tin". there's NO FUCKING R

i say it or-gin

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I forgot about Warshington. joeeaaarrrrrbbb!

Damnit guys, do you have to invade my hometown paper!

PS If you all actually put in the same response and won, you'd probably make the front page

Or·e·gon, yep.

ok then i'll try for real.

"Oregon... the temperate rainforest"

Honestly i dont remember anything special about oregon, except Mt. Hood.

Oregon, where you can grow chronic in your backyard!!

Skeletor666 said:

Oregon, where you can grow chronic in your backyard!!

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yeah this one blows my 2 away. you win

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thats what i get :X

Works for me

Washington's better.