Date:  Fri, 17 Mar 1995 19:08:19 -0600

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Willamette Valley and Detroit



On Fri, 17 Mar 1995, Leo Horishny wrote:



> According to my wife, a native Ory-gunian, it's pronounced Ory-gun, instead of

> Ory-gone. They even had bumperstickers to this effect:-)



 I believe your wife is an or-e-GO-ni-an. At least, that's all I've ever

 heard or said. Of course, the Valley is the Wi-LA-met and the state is

OR-y-g[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n.  The only thing more grating to my ears is Dan Rather's goofy

pronunciation with AH at the beginning-- AR-y-g[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n.



BTW, I also make a distinction in pronunciation between Detroit,

Michigan, which is de-TROIT (no schwa in 1st syllable!) and the little

town in Oregon which is a few miles up the pass from my hometown-- DE-troit.



Fritz Juengling

 >

> The Wil-LA-met valley was the terminus for the Ory-gun Trail. As opposed to

> the Wil-la-MET, or the WIL-la-met.

>

> leo_horishny[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pol.com

> Rowrbazzle!

>