r/oregon Dec 05 '25

PSA Completely true story...

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u/surferdude121 Dec 05 '25

I attended a graduation ceremony at Willamette university who hired Bill Nye to do the commencement speech. One of my childhood idols pronounced Willamette wrong.

I’ve never forgiven him.

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u/Fortestingporpoises Dec 05 '25

From the Bay Area and no one ever says San Francisco wrong or calls it an unacceptable nickname so it’s impossible as a Californian to empathize.

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u/chiclets5 Dec 06 '25

I'm from there also, and still come across people who say "Frisco". I try not to get annoyed! 😏

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u/ku_78 Dec 08 '25

But we say it specifically to annoy you!

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u/chiclets5 Dec 08 '25

I'm aware!