Re: New Degan accounts
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ORE-a-gun
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That's closest. The gon is more like the first syllable of gonna or the vowel sound in want.
Absolutely nobody from Oregon or who has lived there for more than a week pronounces it or-a-gon. Also, New Yorkers and others say Are-a-gun which is amusing.
Stress goes on the first syllable.
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