[Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon

[Tom Zurinskas]

According to SAMPA, @ stands for "uh", as the "a" in "about". So the "gon" in "oregon" as "g at n" is "gun".

from m-w.com
Main Entry: Or·e·gon
Pronunciation: \ˈȯr-i-gən, ˈär-, chiefly by outsiders -ˌgän

Looks like special symbols didn't copy/paste.  Click on the speaker icon and hear  it more  like ~gin than ~gun.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:52:15 -0500
> From: hwgray at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster: Wilson Gray
> Subject: Re: [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
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> 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.
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> -Wilson
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> On 11/4/07, Scot LaFaive  wrote:
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>> Poster: Scot LaFaive
>> Subject: [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
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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).
>>
>> Scot
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