Names
State Site Pronunciations
09/02/24 13:52 Filed in: Oregon
I was born and raised in a state where many of the place names are Native American based. My home town is often mispronounced, LebaNON is said, and it is LebaNUN. Along with how Oregon is constantly mispronounced. I can always tell who is not a local, born and bred.
Not Ore-uh-GON. Some say "It’s pronounced OR-aginn' or I will say "OR-e-gun' just automatically running together.
Other spots in Oregon that get mispronounced are…
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Champoeg State Park
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
Not Ore-uh-GON. Some say "It’s pronounced OR-aginn' or I will say "OR-e-gun' just automatically running together.
Other spots in Oregon that get mispronounced are…
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Champoeg State Park
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
- Deschutes (Somebody on Reddit said they heard it pronounced Day-SKOOT-taze
- Willamette (pronounced w’LAMMIT, not w’LAMMITEE or WILL-uh-met))
- Tigard (tiger’d)
- Lake Oswego
- Glisan (pronounced “Gleesin)
- Helvetia (Hint: It’s not Helvetica; that is a font!)
- Tualatin (It’s not Tua-LATE-in)
- Yachats (Yak-Hats)
- The Dalles (Please don’t call it The Dallas)
- Aloha (pronounced Uh-LOWuh)\
- Coquille (pronounced Ko-KEEL)
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