<VV> "Oregon"

[Bill Hubbell]

Yes, I know that - lived in Seattle for 4 years.  However, ory-gun did not
rhyme with "plane"

Bill Hubbell


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 1:42 PM
Subject: <VV> "Oregon"


> For Bill Hubell and the rest who may be so challenged, a more correct,
> ie, commonly used by those of us who live here, pronunciation of
> 'Oregon' is "Or-y-gun" as frequently seen on a sticker from that 'other'
> school down in Eugene -- rhymes with 'orgy-un'.
>
> Godspeed!
>
> Bill Strickland
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