proper pronounciation of "Oregon"

**SLIM_DURST** · 08-25-2007, 11:27 AM

It is ORE-A-GONE

it's is not "ORGAN" like every is doing now.

**Spaz** · 08-25-2007, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by SLIM_DURST

It is ORE-A-GONE

it's is not "ORGAN" like every is doing now.

????

**Crimson Sin** · 08-25-2007, 12:51 PM

Where the hell is Organ anyhow ?
Is that still a state ?

J/K ing man

**NE98LS1** · 08-25-2007, 12:52 PM

i always say it "or a gin" very similar to "or again" i always thought that was right?

**NE98LS1** · 08-25-2007, 12:59 PM

If you are a visitor to our fine state of Oregon, one of the most grievious errors you can make would be to pronounce the name Ory-GONE. It's ORYgun, and residents won't let you forget it! I remember (long ago) watching the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. (Yes, there was a time when Dan Rather was just an upstart kid!). The previous evening Walter had done a news story on Oregon, and as most easterners are wont to do, pronounced it Ory-GONE. Well, he must have gotten a snootful of complaints from Oregon residents, because the next night he apologized for his transgression on air, and clarified the pronunciation is ORYgun.