Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2-6 May 2011 (1916-1920)
Elysiana:
Someone I knew when I was pretty young had a bumper sticker that said "ORY-GUN" and she explained that that's how people from Oregon pronounce it. I never did find out if that was true.
After living the first 20 years of my life in Illinois, there isn't much that grates on me more than hearing someone say "ell-ih-noy" or, even worse, "ill-ih-noiz". I do remember there was some local TV personality who combined the two into "ell-ih-noiz" and it made me want to punch him.
Shadic:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 05 May 2011, 10:36 ---OK, now I gotta know. Never having met an Oregonian(?) in person, how the hell do youse guys pronounciate it?
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Here's a good example.
SirDudley:
Hmm....I often wonder with these one-shot characters, are they based on people Jeph knows?
That said, I've only been to Portland, Oregon once in my life. Was kinda "meh" to me, in all honesty.
Cybit:
LOL, live in Seattle myself (Bellevue, to be exact), and I'm in the throes of Portland-itis, I fear. Admittedly, its because one of my closest friends from growing up lives out there, and as far as I can tell, it's Seattle minus the traffic, and I despise traffic. :-p For what it is worth, I have had fantastic times in Portland the 6 or so times I've gone down there, and it's actually one of the places I would move. I grew up in the Midwest, so for Midwesterners, I always see Seattle as Chicago, and Portland as St Louis.
Of course, if it really is hipster heaven, I should flee as fast as I can, as I don't think I get along with them very well. >_< Or just stick to the 'burbs.
Boomslang:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 05 May 2011, 10:36 ---OK, now I gotta know. Never having met an Oregonian(?) in person, how the hell do youse guys pronounciate it?
So, is it Ahr-e-gon, or Or-e-gon? Or is it the two-syllable Or'gon, pronounced like the church instrument?
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Everyone I've ever known who grew up here says it as 'or a gun.' As in, you could kill a deer with a bow, or a gun. Except with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Pronouncing it as the church instrument is acceptable if you're drunk or from the east coast. Emphasizing the last syllable, using the long 'o' sound for the beginning, or anything that you don't normally do with other words is just not cool.
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