Chris Coad
Chris Coad
Just east of the Hudson we tend to say "Ore-əh-gən." We are a traditional people, ignorant but proud, and we hew to our old ways.
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TN: Bowman of the Catskills
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Just east of the Hudson we tend to say "Ore-əh-gən." We are a traditional people, ignorant but proud, and we hew to our old ways.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Any takers for Uranus?
Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by robert ames:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I was emphatically told it was pronounced "Orry-gun." Was I misled? (which I was also told was pronounced "mizzled")
pronunciation emphatically given to you of the beaver state sounds correct if you want so sound like a local.
what is the east-of-the-hudson pronunciation? i have heard people trying to make it sound like a noble gas. (hint: not neon or xenon). i have no idea where they were from. krypton?
oh yes, and i have yet to meet an oregonian caught on the horns of a dilemma because they have been mizzled.
Just east of the Hudson we tend to say "Ore-əh-gən." We are a traditional people, ignorant but proud, and we hew to our old ways.
Evolving from ignorance is so easy. (Pride, not so much.) Step one, get on the subway. Step 2, go (at least) one stop east(-er). (This is specific to you.) You will arrive on an island where so many brilliant people were born, like me and Richard Feynman. Surely I must be joking, you say? But no, it's true. Step three, say "ˈȯr-i-gən". Step four, repeat. (Practice makes perfect.)
P. S. In a desperate state you could skip steps one and two, but I don't recommend it.
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Any takers for Uranus?
We talking yurs or mine?
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
I love that it's either "yur anus" or "urinous." There is no winning.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Do you prefer Georgium Sidus?
Lou Kessler
Lou Kessler
That's how it's pronounced in Queens not in The City. But what the hell would you know being brought up on a distant island.originally posted by Chris Coad:
I was emphatically told it was pronounced "Orry-gun." Was I misled? (which I was also told was pronounced "mizzled")