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Question: How do you pronounce Oregon?
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Orr-e-gone		  
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Orr-e-gun		  
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« on: May 14, 2013, 09:31:34 PM »
Option 1, though occasionally Option 3.
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 09:35:27 PM »
Option 2.
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 09:49:08 PM »
It's more like Orr-e-gin than gun.
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 11:47:52 PM »
Orr-e-gin in my head, but probably closer to Arr-e-gin in reality due to accent. Get someone from the Philly area to say orange, horrible or forest, you'll have a great time.
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2013, 12:16:21 AM »
Orr-gen for me - oddly identical to how I pronounce "organ."
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2013, 12:29:03 AM »
Mostly Option 2, occasionally Options 1 and 4.
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2013, 01:16:50 AM »
Shirts with this image are not helping Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2013, 09:28:16 AM »
Organ.
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2013, 10:02:51 AM »
With the last vowel as a schwa. Which option is that?
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2013, 10:54:38 AM »
Either Arr-eh-gin (hard g) or Orr-eh-gin (hard g)
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2013, 11:04:45 AM »
Orre-gynn
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2013, 06:22:55 PM »
Quote from: Redalgo on May 15, 2013, 12:16:21 AM
Orr-gen for me - oddly identical to how I pronounce "organ."
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2013, 06:55:43 PM »
Quote from: Lief on May 14, 2013, 09:49:08 PM
It's more like Orr-e-gin than gun.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2013, 08:41:20 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2013, 09:34:39 PM »
"Orr-eh-gonn", not "gone", though I suppose that's the best possible option.
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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2013, 09:38:22 PM »
Like Organ.  I've only heard it pronounced with 3 syllables once ever, and that's as a college football fanatic who always pays attention to the big national games.
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« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2013, 11:51:15 AM »
I always said "Ore-gon", but since most people from Oregon call it "Ore-gin" (I've had two PoliSci instructors at my community college from Oregon), I'm thinking about settling for a compromise: "Ore-gun."
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« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2013, 01:10:32 PM »
It's very close to organ, but not quite. So, option 2.
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« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2013, 01:13:50 PM »
or-ah-gun
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« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2013, 01:50:57 PM »
In my native dialect, ['ɔ.ɻɪ.gɑn], but my high school science olympiad/quiz bowl coach, who's from Oregon, was assiduous in asserting that it was pronounced ['ɔ.ɻɪg.n], so I've assimilated to the way that Oregonians prefer.
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« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2013, 08:20:26 PM »
Option 2.
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2013, 09:54:08 AM »
Quote from: Cathcon on May 15, 2013, 09:34:39 PM
"Orr-eh-gonn", not "gone", though I suppose that's the best possible option.

What's the difference? I meant 'gone' as in 'I have gone' not phonetically.
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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2013, 10:37:00 AM »
Orr-ah-gihn (ih = the vowel sound in 'bin'. One of these days I must learn IPA).
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2013, 10:50:08 AM »
Quote from: Ghyl Tarvoke on May 17, 2013, 10:37:00 AM
Orr-ah-gihn (ih = the vowel sound in 'bin'. One of these days I must learn IPA).

Joiiiiiin ussssssss.  You're looking for [ɪ].
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2013, 10:57:33 AM »
« Edited: May 17, 2013, 11:06:59 AM by Ghyl Tarvoke »
Quote from: ilikeverin on May 17, 2013, 10:50:08 AM
Quote from: Ghyl Tarvoke on May 17, 2013, 10:37:00 AM
Orr-ah-gihn (ih = the vowel sound in 'bin'. One of these days I must learn IPA).

Joiiiiiin ussssssss.  You're looking for [ɪ].

This (along with believe it or not "read more about genetics and evolutionary biology") is something I intend to do once I finish my MA thesis. Seriously*.

(* - well, I usually say that Tongue).

Edit: Just realized that sometimes I pronounce it "Orr-ah-guhn". Heh.
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