[Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon

[Wilson Gray]

A woman has just told Judge Greg that she's from [o.rI.g at n]. That's
the West-Coast pronunciation that I'm accustomed to hearing.

-Wilson

On 11/4/07, Scot LaFaive <scotlafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I just heard a local (Madison, WI) newsanchor "correct" herself right after
> she pronounced "Oregon" as [or.e.gin] (rhyming with "pin"). Right after
> pronouncing it as such, she immediately said [or.e.gan] (rhyming with
> "Ron").
> (I don't have the correct phonetic symbols, but I think you get the point).
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> Scot
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