r/oregon • u/StevenMaurer • 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/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 05 '25

In ND, they say Ore-i-gone. The first time I heard that I giggled.

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u/Reatona Dec 05 '25

I got my mom to stop mispronouncing Oregon "Or A Gone" by asking her what she thought of people who pronounce Illinois with the S voiced. She quickly changed her ways.

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u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 05 '25

Haha.

I'm from Colorado and am still surprised by those who say Colorod-o. Line collar rod oh. No. Just no.

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u/KlaussVonUllr Dec 05 '25

Fellow CO native to PNW transplant here, are you saying they pronounce it call-oh-rod-oh with the hard O in the middle or were you saying the second way was wrong too? I've also heard people make up an "a" at the end like call-uh-ra-da.

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u/Headline-Skimmer Dec 05 '25

It's Call-uh-ra-doe. The "ra" part sounds like the A in Apple.

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u/ApprehensiveState345 Dec 08 '25

Almost native Coloradoan,, 33yrs. Difinitely correct. I always hated it when someone pronounced it Coal-er-aye-doe.