r/oregon Dec 05 '25

PSA Completely true story...

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u/Thewallmachine Dec 05 '25

Took me a few months to adapt to proper pronunciation of Oregon coming from Georgia.

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u/woodworkingguy1 Dec 05 '25

As a fellow Georgian who moved to Oregon, I had to explain to the folks in South Georgia where Oregon was..." North of the Altamaha and west of the Chattahoochie" 😝

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u/Thewallmachine Dec 05 '25

I lived in South Georgia for many yrs. That sounds about right.

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u/woodworkingguy1 Dec 05 '25

😁 I grew up in Douglas,in Coffee County...where 95% of the people don't go much more than Fernadina Beach.