<p>lol
don’t worry I know how to pronounce it.
So Oregon is a nice distance away- and on the coast which is a requirement, but not as far as Hawaii or as expensive as some of the Ca schools.
I’m particularly curious about Pacific University.
Not, frankly because I had ever heard of it before- I don’t take that to mean much.
But two recent graduates of the class of 2007, whose parents I have known for a while, will be starting in the fall which made me want to find out more about it.
I notice that they have quite a few Greeks, but don’t know if social life depends on that, as it also is a Church of Christ college ( don’t know much about that either)</p>
<p>Im wondering if anyone knows much about the town, or does everyone go to Portland for the weekend?</p>
<p>We’ll probably visit on our way to U of O this summer- which I guess means that I drive- oh well.</p>
<p>^^Nope. You need a long e sound between the r and the g (speaking as someone who spent a good chunk of my youth in Oregon and graduated from an Oregon high school).</p>
<p>…but can you pronounce Tualatin ? The only thing I know is that they have a very large number of kids from Hawaii - which might add a little cultural diversity to the mix.</p>
<p>It was a first choice for my s, but Linfield came up with more scholarship money. It is a warm small school in Forest grove, OR. Good science program and the home of the only optometry (sp) college west of the mississippi or something like that. It is in a small town, about 30 minutes from portland. </p>
<p>We felt the people envolved with the school were very, very nice. Social activities are centered around campus. A nuturing environment. Not a bad place to experience college at.</p>
<p>Nope. There are two in California - one in Fullerton and another in Berkeley.</p>
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<p>No sweat. I can even pronounce Champoeg. And I should clarify: the long e sound in Oregon is not a drawn out long e, as in OrEEgon. It’s a very brief long e, with the accent on the O. Which is why is it often phonetically rendered as Orygun. Back in the 70s they used even sell T-shirts in Oregon with “Orygun” on the front - to teach out-of-staters how to say it. </p>
<p>Pronunciation was a big issue back then (and probably still is). Hearing east-coasters say O-ra-Gawn was enough to make Oregonians cover their ears - like saying “Illi-noise” in Illinois.</p>
<p>coureur is correct on the pronunciation. I have lived in Oregon my entire life, so I should be an authority. ;)</p>
<p>Oh, and as for Pacific University. I don’t know a lot about it, other than it is a pleasant little college and has a good music program. We have been there a couple of times when our son was in youth orchestra and they performed there.</p>
<p>Don’t get people in Idaho started on Moss-cow vs Mos-co … evidently the different pronounciation made it clear the the wholesome home of U of I wasn’t that Communist City!</p>
<p>Actually, both i’s in “origami” are pronounced with an “ee” sound. That’s on my hit list right next to constant incorrect spelling of “sudoku” (should really be “suudoku”).</p>
Not as much fun as Champoeg (or the park!) but it drives me crazy to hear Will-uh-MET-y!</p>