Oregon Accent

[sillywhispers]

Wish I could hear the accent, but I grew up here. Maybe the word figure was a clue. I sometimes say figer too. About the weather, The termperate rainforest on the coast (milder winters and summers) is often grey and foggy which is why the trees can grow so tall. The Willamette Valley has some of the most productive agricultural land in the US. there's great skiing in the Cascade range (drier and sunnier) Then there is the high desert in the east.

[Tony95Gonz]

Oregon is one of the nicest states in the united states,

[lachlan36ify]

Hey hi I love this accent might be my fave from the US makes me want to visit! Love from Glasgow, Scotland (not such a nice accent!)

[sonnyblack0870]

Sounds like how the majority of people from Cali, Washington, & British Columbia sound... Your generic accentless west coast way of speach.

[llHyRaXll]

oregon ppl talk normal like cali and arizona washintgon etc.. oregon is a depressing state... always cold n rainy and gloomy....

[IdigHistoryVideo]

We do have an accent. It's weird to think we do. But I travel. And I can't tell you how many times people have not only nailed me on being from Oregon. But from Eugene!

[chibigrunt]

Lol, I love how we deny that we have some sort of accent. We have accents?!

[chibigrunt]

I'm from the NW of Oregon :P. Born in Beaverton- now living in Tigard.

[chibigrunt]

Oregaahn

Organ

Oregen!

[lvrjuicycouture]

THANK U !!im from oregon but moved to chicago when i was 3 and we go back all the time. people are always like where were u born and im like "oregon (or-a-gin) " and there dont u mean or-a-gone" and im just like no

[humanc0de]

@asbirdsdo Im an Oregonian, Medford area, Ashland to be exact. And the Oregon accent trust me ITs THERE. Its hard to explain tho maybe we talk slower i know i do

[ufofan1980]

Hell yeah, representin' La Grande, a city in Oregon that nobody cares about, and I really don't blame them, it's boring here. There is a town in the Portland area called Boring lol.

[okamasphere]

ORGAN

[Smileygirl2782]

Oregon(:

love it when people say it right

[Cyndaquillian]

I've lived in Oregon my whole life, so you can probably trust me on this, but the way I pronounce Oregon is with 3 syllables, but the third one is really short and not very noticible... So it's like oh-reh-gun.. Kinda. But you don't really put emphasis on anything but the 'oh' part... But the second thing, people tell me I say England weird, but I don't know if it's just me, I say it like "angland" Like, angle... Is it just me?

[IdentNone]

@Cyndaquillian Yeah, it's just you bro.

[pizzasuits]

Off topic but, I have that same blanket hahaha. Im from Oregon now Washington. I hate when people call it the Woola-met river.

[xsinfulexistence]

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[asbirdsdo]

i don't hear an accent! I'm from the midwest

[FallingXInXTheXDark]

I love your accent AND what you're talking about! :)

[brunetteDUH]

wow a normal accent haha i've been watching so many US accents and finally a familiar one :)) we dont have accents. normal talk.

[NYWAORCANZ]

Don't worry about your Portland accent

Portland is the great city in America.

And it is good to see not all Americans pronouce the ugly embarrassing hard R's.

and yes when I first arrived in Oregon(or-ay-gan) as Or-ay-Gone like everyone else. but now I know better

If only more international knew about Portland Oregon there would not be so many blacket sterio types of Americans

Hail amazing beautiful Portland Oregon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[pnnzr]

you're cute

[kellytaylor407]

wow, this is interesting.. your accent actually sounds very midwestern.

[xoxomaddz1namoi]

you didn't know of youtube.? WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

[aranhilfp01]

Sounds the same as people in Vancouver, Canada.

[B0Boman]

I pronounce Oregon with only two syllables, the same way I pronounce organ. This was quite confusing when I was younger and was told that I lived in "organ" but had several "organs" in my own body.

[SuperAmbergold]

is there a difference between Oregon and Washington accent?

[portlanddem]

@SuperAmbergold No, none at all.

[ValleyOfTime]

I'm a native Oregonian but I have a European accent which i inherited from my parents who immigrated here.

[jubetuber]

The northwest Pacific accent is almost the same as the Canadian accent.

[portlanddem]

@jubetuber Not quite. The western part of the US doesn't really have any accent at all, and yes, the Vancouver, BC area doesn't have too much of an accent ( however in some parts of town, you'll hear a British-type of accent--maybe people who moved there from eastern Canada ) but eastern Canada such as around Toronto--*VERY* heavy British accent..

[jaegerhund]

Amazingly, I'm from the South and have pronounced Oregon correctly my entire life -don't know how that happened. Thanks for the video.

[nickshagnasty]

im from southern oregon and never realized until i was reading these comments that i say melk instead of milk. i thot everyone said milk like that

[artistenoire]

Apparently in Oregon (I'm from Salem) we say "melk" and "selk" instead of milk and silk, and we also tend to say "gonna" and "wanna" a lot more than the rest of the country.

[Voileen]

@kayogiswara

I hear ya! Born in Oregon, lived in New Zealand for 7 years, then Canada for 1, and abroad in America for awhile. Have lived in Oregon for the last 7 years or so.

She sounds like me! lol

[MrObe28]

Great video! Thanks!!! Makes me want to fly back to Oregon! (I'm really from the Southeast!) LOL I used to fly out to Portland,,, years ago....Pray I make it back soon! Oh! how I love Oregon!!!

[Kennedydeniseee]

honestly, how can someone say "oregon" wrong..?

[Hoopermazing]

Oh how I'd like to get my hands on an unshaven hippie-chick from Portland, Oregon.

[vogtb304]

@Hoopermazing

I am from Portland. Yeah you see them walking around everywhere in downtown, and they are real easy to pick up... you just need to have weed

[rainfaces]

california oregon washington state all have simmilar i guess accents which is mostly they talk faster at times or use the word like alot  dude of course.

[terrafirma91]

Oregonians have an American west coast accent, very similar to California, and Washington. The only exception is in the Ghettos (Ebonics), or the beach areas of SoCal.

[KarlFrederick19]

worst fuckup of Oregonese i've ever heard: the Will-AAH-mette valley

[HardBodyNyC]

What the hell is oregon?

[RatsRule101]

@HardBodyNyC a state

[Spooner82]

I don't know why people say Oregon so much. I'm from California so I've only heard it said wrong a few times. The best way i've heard to describe how its pronounced is "its not Oregone, it didn't go anywhere".

[ManvsMachine7]

wow, you're cute :) call me if you ever go to Norway ;D

[omnipotent1995]

I live in Oregon..Our accent sounds normal.

[frisco21]

Once and for all, folks, let's get this right. It's ORIE-gun, with the accent on the first syllable. 'ORIE' rhymes with Laurie (as in Hugh), and Maury (as in Povich)...or Tory, gory, story, etc.

Let's practice:

Story-gun, Tory-gun, gory-gun

Laurie-gun, Maury-gun, Cory-gun.

Oregon, Oregon, Oregon.

You are now fluent in Oregonese!

[CZebras]

@frisco21 Are you even from Oregon?!?

[NymphetamineOrchid]

@frisco21

You are quite right! I just wanted to add that the more north easterly you go in Oregon we tend to drop the e sound in favor of an a sound,. (Or-again.) I don't know why we do it.

[BreeBreeOoink]

@frisco21

Wrong...

lol

[miemiess]

yes! holy crap i did not know people said it wrong until i left that area and it bugs me so much. ty.

[GuiFigueiredoA]

Nice video. Oregon sounds really cool, mainly cause of the 'grey skies and drizzly rain'. And turns out it is interesting to some people outside of the forum. =]

[NymphetamineOrchid]

@GuiFigueiredoA

Rain? What rain? LOL! There is a strip running vertically down Oregon referred to "the Valley" (Portland to California) where it rains and is beautiful. The other 75% of the state is high desert with bona fide tumble weeds.

[wabitgirl]

@NymphetamineOrchid HOORAY FOR EASTERN OREGON! I live in Eugene XD

[AverageMonday]

@wabitgirl GOO DUCKS

[Daviusheart]

General american accent and you're cute!

[zapwatt]

I so dislike Pac-NWers that I am planning my eventual departure from this region.

[youwinoneinternets]

Nice accent :]

[orixaofthewind]

cool accent.

[TheRpgFanatic]

You talk like I do! (native Oregonian)

[yeahkylieyeah]

its orrr gin

[RedPheonix6]

nice video, personally I didn't hear any accent, sounded normal to me :) I'm from New Brunswick, Canada Made an accent vid too, lol not nearly as good as this one though xD

[Hughes0420]

Oregon really isn't all that exciting. Lived here all my life, and yeah, it's a fairly nice place, but there's a lot of rain. xD

I pronounce it "Or-Gin". "Or-e-gone"/"Or-a-gone" is way off.

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

you seem like such a nice person, i'd love to live in oregon, weather sounds basically like scotland where im from :P yeah i always heard oregon and generally the west coast of the USA is alot more relaxed and friendly. oh seeing as you like stephen fry, try searching "stephen fry shoots 44 magnum" (if you havent already seen it) pretty funny :)

[goofymandan83]

u fucks sound like canadians

[vogtb304]

@goofymandan83

Fuck you dont refer us to canadians

[StandtoRise6]

I was born and raised in Chicago, but I go to university in Oregon. I totally hear the regional differences between the two accents. Even if people cringe when I pronounce 'Oregon' the 'wrong' way, I think that those differences should be celebrated rather than looked down on. I could say the same thing that Oregon people pronounce Chicago wrong, but I don't make an issue of it. The point is that there is technically no universal pronunciation, only what is native to the speaker is correct.

[SpectralJester01]

@StandtoRise6 Agree; the natural dialect of areas has a major part as to how words are formed and spoken to each other and it will sound different to the non-native speaker, so they (non-native speaker) will say the closet way of pronouncing the word/(s).

[macnchaz]

Oregon sounds a lot like England, weather-wise :P except they have a cooler accent :P

[klrietmann]

"OR-UH-GUN"? Is that how's it's pronounced in Medford or Frenchglen? I grew up in Morrow County, live in Yamhill County, never heard anyone pronounce it other than how she does. OR-EE-GUN.

[deerhunterp]

Cool video, I think that we Washingtonians speak the same way you do.

[zachariahtri]

You're a nice lady :)

[hoyaJenn]

@jkoff76 nope, it has only two syllables: OR-GUN. If you add the third syllable it sounds like a non-native Oregonian who is trying reallllly hard :-)

[jkoff76]

@hoyaJenn. I don't care if the person pronounces Oregon with one continuous monosyllable because someone has taken a chainsaw and cut out all their vocal chords. Really I couldn't give a flying fuck!! Thank you for responding to something I wrote over a year ago. Fuckin' accent!!!

[cornilly]

thank you so much for this video :) i've been needing to research the Oregon accent for ages for my performing arts course!

Thanks again :)

[artistenoire]

I just learned (I'm from Oregon) that we say "milk" wrong.

We say "melk" and we also say "gotta" and "wanna" statistically a lot more than the rest of the country.

If that helps! I'd be willing to read stuff for you if you need. I've lived here my whooole life.

[NymphetamineOrchid]

@artistenoire

I was told I say "melk" too. Go Oregon!

[Abriggs500]

Some people say Oregon like this, OR-GON

[brian7088]

Ya those people or STUPIIDD lol.. Or they say OR-E-GON

[Brian2298]

I'm from Oregon and I say

Or-ee-gun

[vezrig]

What's the "wrong way" of pronouncing Oregon? "Arregon"?

[runtontorun]

That's not the wrong way, it's just the Pirate way. Ha.

Or-gonn is the wrong way. So is Or-gun.

3 syllables = correct.

[brian7088]

Yaa... lol it is pronounced OREGON...

[moepsp]

BORING!!! our Chicago accent sounds wayyyyy better and dramatical.

[Rikman56]

I'm from midwestern Ontario Canada and if I met you on the street I woúldn't go

'whoa, you have an accent!'

Everyone from the west coast of the united states that've met has pretty neutral accent, at least as far as I'm concerned!

[HoshiKagura]

I'm from Oregon, as well. The accent is very subtle, but you can usually tell an out-of-towner by how they pronounce Willamette. XD

[brian7088]

Haha soo true!

[genxdude1991]

Well I'm from Michigan and I'm told it's pronounced Ore-gen (rhyming with organ).

[danthemanfresno2006]

She says Or-uh -gin.I have always said ore-gin I'm from cali.Some of you say it's Or-uh-gun.Which one is it?

[MrHappyHumanist]

Either is acceptable, as long as its not Or-uh-gone. =p

[LiviJones]

woo! go oregon! it bothers me when people say it wrong, which is often.

[mdblakey]

By the word 'accent', most people tend to define the word as a diviation from the norm. However, a person's conception of an accent is a sociological one. So when one says that Oregonians have the least defined accent, it really means that it is most unlike every other 'accent', which from another person's perspective is actually the most radical or all accents. It also assumes that perhaps the accent of the 'deep' south is somehow deviant. Thoughts.

[willibass2]

Oregon...I like it...much---and people from there...

[XxBirdsofdeathXx]

hehe, I used to say Oregon, but now I say Oregon, the correct way, as you said! :P

[RareMemory]

ok i am from Oregon and although its pronounced Ore-Re-Gun its simple said Or-Gun or Or-Gin..

[frisco21]

And, by the way, it's ORIE-gun, with the accent on the first syllable.

[landimore]

if by pronounced Oriegun you mean Orehgun then yes

[frisco21]

People in the Pacific Northwest arguably have the least pronounced "accent" of any American dialect. However, native Oregonians can detect subtle differences. The country folk, for example, tend to drop the "ing" endings from their words --- comin', goin', doin', etc., while adding a superfluous "r" in words like "warsh" (for wash). This, I suppose, is more about diction that "accent," but it is nevertheless interesting to note that there is a difference between "city" and "country" talk.

[miemiess]

@frisco21 holy crap yes im from that area and have family live in the country part and city part they sound different but the same.

[puboxer]

@frisco21

I'm from Grants Pass (Southern Oregon). We definitely pronounce "ing" words with the in' sound. But I don't know of many people who through the r into the "ash" sound. It's very interesting how different we speak just by regions.

[Hoopermazing]

How to you image that people say Oregon? I've never heard it pronounced any other way and I'm from a couple of thousands of miles east of you.

When I think Oregon, I think "hippie chick." This video has not disabused me of that notion.

[brian7088]

Yay Oregon ! lol

[desarka]

Thanks :-) Out of all the american accents that is one of the nicest I have heard :)

[mimefan]

I don't really hear an accent and I'm from Birmingham England.

[Pratchettgaiman]

Supposedly us Oregonians do something with short vowels so saying "pen" sounds like "pin"

[MileycSpace2]

I never say "pen" like "pin" lol

[BashYoAss]

I don't hear anything....... you sound like NORMAL.....so to say....

[kutieboo]

lol about the laundry part :)

[PSkitt82]

Many of her sentences either sound like she's asking a question?(lol). Or, she emphasizes the syllable of the last word of every sentence?. I guess that's typical of west coast states.

[gshikunov]

I'm from Chicago and I really don't hear any difference between our dialects, just sounds natural to me. You are also extremely attractive, for what its worth haha. See ya.

[DanielletheShebam]

I'm from Oregon, too. :)

It drives me nuts when people pronounce it like "Oregone". It drives me insane.

[oregoncoastman]

Me too! Seaside here! Come on people, say it with me... Or-uh-gun...Oregon!

[horsegal6196]

Im from Oregon aswell. ALBANY SPEAKING!!! LOL When a new kid at my school arrives from another state everyone has to correct him/her because they tend to pronounce it Or-e-gone or Or-a-gone (for some wierd reason)

[jdj106]

I might have to put a latino/oregon accent post up, though not sure if that's necessary cuz i don't know if mine is any different. and you do sound like an oregonian. or at least like i think an oregonian would sound like. basically saying you sound like my friends.

[congoninja]

i didnt know we had accents O.O

[BashYoAss]

you dont, i dont hear a thing......

[BMitzvahkid1994]

cool idea. if i could get a video uploaded i'd do one on my california "accent." lol. i actually might be moving to portland next year (my first year of high school) and i can just say oregon is AWESOME

[vitek147]

Thank you very much. It was helpful for me. ;)

[AxeDavy777]

I'm from Oregon as well. Regarding the pronunciation, I've seen a bumper sticker that read "Orygun" which made much sense.

[cubbs357]

I from the midwest and I orgen I leave out the e,I say pop,I say doin instead of doing,

[BashYoAss]

"doin" is not an accent that's just the falsity of your pronunciation.

an accent would be like take apple for instance some people say "epple" or "e-app-ple" but faster. falsity of the pronunciation would be APP. GET IT

[fsusemi]

what? I from Cali and I met hella people from Oregon. you don't have accents.

[maXrUm]

fsusemi, please tell me you're not serious. everyone has an accent. there is no default way to speak. some are just heavier than others.

[Zoujen]

@maXrUm this

[2brianj]

Im from oregon too. Yet alot of folks think I have southern accent

[midaran]

thats funny, i was B&R in chicago but when i went to oregon to visit my mom you guys jumped all over me about pronouncing oregon. i say it like "or-gon"i always thaught orgonians sounded like surfers. nice place tho, in the summer.

[worldwar2history]

im from oregon lol yes, oregon, not oree-gonn

lol

[AinsleyxxNicholle]

yes! its oregon.

not ore-gone.

wow.

i have a more northern accent than you i do believe.

[krookroorocket]

She has a general american accent. . .what is the point of this video

[scittlezs]

The video was made for an international forum (that is why it is addressed to "Fry Fans") where the members were posting links to videos of their different dialects/accents. I joined in by posting mine and gave them a link. The video wasn't really intended to be interesting to anyone outside of that forum. Personally I'm surprised about all the comments.

[pickleluvr101]

some of you commenters aren't even from Oregon, so how would you know? hah.. seriously. I think people who live in Oregon (like me) would know.

[tallbarb]

It's pronounced OR-EE-GUN. There are 3 syllables, emphasis on the first one. That's it. Done.

[adamthelover10]

didnt get your accent, except the Or-regon thing. U sound to me like sb from lousiana, i dunno know. im aussie.

[pojo205]

When you say you're saying Oregon very clearly you're actually pronouncing it wrong. Its pronounced Ore-GON. But people from Oregon say it "Ore-GAN"

[scittlezs]

I have lived in Oregon my whole life. There are several slight variances I have heard from native speakers, but they all say it more or less like I do. There are 3 syllables, the middle one is very lightly pronounced, Or-re-gun. Some say closer to Or-re-gan, I know I probably say something slightly in the middle. What it is not, is 2 syllables, and it is not said like the word organ, and it is not pronounced Or-GONE. The proof is in the state song.

[MissMiasWorld]

@scittlezs OMG I am so against people saying Or-reh-gone. I get it all the time from other Americans. I'm from Portland and we say Or-reh-GUN!!!! <3 you girl for saying it!

[NymphetamineOrchid]

@scittlezs

I also have lived my whole life in Oregon, and I tell people Oregon is pronounced similar to "Or-again". When I was back east people were trying to correct my pronunciation. How cute is that?

[Purkups4]

yay! I'm from Oregon too. Yeah, it is really funny how many people pronounce it incorrectly, I think the problem is that phonetically it reads OR-E-GON but really its more like the word organ.

[RianOshea]

It reads to me like, O'Regan the Irish surname.

[richardheartsbuffy]

are you a shannon bex fan? i love the cadence to her voice; her great northwestern accent. makes me wanna explore the oregon frontier!

[Kanji08]

Nice vid ^^ I liked the post