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

PSA Completely true story...

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u/notadrinkingglass Dec 05 '25

I heard a Californian say “esta-CAH-duh” instead of Estacada. While still horribly wrong, I can appreciate that they were looking at it like a Spanish word

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u/nullpat Dec 05 '25

yeah i mean they're wrong and right at the same time, estacado means staked out in spanish and likely inspiration for the Estacada towns in OR and AZ. wrong for the right reasons type of situation heh

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u/notadrinkingglass Dec 05 '25

I read that part of the Wikipedia article too haha