Why Oregon isn't pronounced like organ? Or is it?

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Why it isn't or is it? Should it be or shouldn't? Let's discuss.

Probably ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There are organs in Oregon.

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Deadly Betrayal původně napsal:

I like the debate about February vs Febuary better.

Sounds like a Pokémon

[GlaceonChireiden]

Because the English language is garbage with a lot of "except when it doesn't" rules

[aka]

Why isn't the worlds best cookie "Oreo" pronounced Are E Oh ? what's is really! going on ?

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aka původně napsal:

Why isn't the worlds best cookie "Oreo" pronounced Are E Oh ? what's is really! going on ?

Are E Oh? Dammit I have been saying it wrong this entire time

[RRW359]

Because it IS pronounced that way. Please tell me people on the east coast don't still think it's pronounced with "gone" at the end, even most foreigners I've heard and people with English as a second language pronounce it normally.

[kbiz]

Kinda more like Orgin. Okay, maybe organ.

[RRW359]

kbiz původně napsal:

Kinda more like Orgin. Okay, maybe organ.

I think the closest example would be like oregano sauce but without the O. We're tolerant of pretty much any pronunciation as long as it isn't ore-gone.

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RRW359 původně napsal:

Because it IS pronounced that way. Please tell me people on the east coast don't still think it's pronounced with "gone" at the end, even most foreigners I've heard and people with English as a second language pronounce it normally.

You mean it is pronounced like OreGong?
https://youtu.be/VaN5aiO3Qcg

[RRW359]

Q-T_3.14.exe původně napsal:

RRW359 původně napsal:

Because it IS pronounced that way. Please tell me people on the east coast don't still think it's pronounced with "gone" at the end, even most foreigners I've heard and people with English as a second language pronounce it normally.

You mean it is pronounced like OreGong?
https://youtu.be/VaN5aiO3Qcg

Closer but still too much emphasis on the o. OreGun is better.

[kbiz]

RRW359 původně napsal:

kbiz původně napsal:

Kinda more like Orgin. Okay, maybe organ.

I think the closest example would be like oregano sauce but without the O. We're tolerant of pretty much any pronunciation as long as it isn't ore-gone.

I've lived in Portland, Roseburg, and McMinnville. I agree with oregano, but some people get rid of the extra syllable.

[KalGimpa]

both

or and ore

sound the same

so, or-egon would work

[aqua star]

I don't know.
-from a stupid American, 2023

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

up north natives say worshingtun
and shopping baig (bag)

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Megami Blanc původně napsal:

up north natives say worshingtun
and shopping baig (bag)

Don't think I've ever heard anyone from Washington pronounce it other then Washington but maybe Vancouver is weird compared to the rest of the State.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

its mostly the really old people and maybe its more of a further interior thing
but baig i hear all the time