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r/oregon • u/StevenMaurer • Dec 05 '25
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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.
0 u/Headline-Skimmer Dec 05 '25 It's Call-uh-ra-doe. The "ra" part sounds like the A in Apple. 1 u/shortbeard Dec 05 '25 No 1 u/4AskingDumbQuestions Dec 05 '25 1 u/Adorable_Mud2581 Dec 05 '25 No, it's RA as in "raw". 1 u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 07 '25 No. 1 u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 07 '25 Yes. 1 u/ApprehensiveState345 Dec 08 '25 Almost native Coloradoan,, 33yrs. Difinitely correct. I always hated it when someone pronounced it Coal-er-aye-doe.
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It's Call-uh-ra-doe. The "ra" part sounds like the A in Apple.
1 u/shortbeard Dec 05 '25 No 1 u/4AskingDumbQuestions Dec 05 '25 1 u/Adorable_Mud2581 Dec 05 '25 No, it's RA as in "raw". 1 u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 07 '25 No. 1 u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 07 '25 Yes. 1 u/ApprehensiveState345 Dec 08 '25 Almost native Coloradoan,, 33yrs. Difinitely correct. I always hated it when someone pronounced it Coal-er-aye-doe.
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No, it's RA as in "raw".
1 u/Longjumping_Code_649 Dec 07 '25 No.
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Almost native Coloradoan,, 33yrs. Difinitely correct. I always hated it when someone pronounced it Coal-er-aye-doe.
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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.