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Spokane_Girl

10 Dec 2009, 11:33 pm

I heard lot of people pronounce it wrong who aren't from here.



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10 Dec 2009, 11:34 pm

I pronounce it OR-eh-gun.


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11 Dec 2009, 1:31 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
I pronounce it OR-eh-gun.


Ditto, though I hear people around here pronounce it or-ee-GON


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11 Dec 2009, 2:18 am

"Tek-sas" is the Anglicized pronunciation of my state.

It was originally pronounced "Tay-shas", which was the native Caddo word for friendship (which is our state motto).


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11 Dec 2009, 3:30 am

or e gone