PORTLAND, Ore. — Is it Oree-gone or OR-uh-gun? A recent study has found that Oregon (correct pronunciation OR-uh-gun) ranks third among the hardest-to-pronounce states in the U.S. The pronunciation of ...
Breaking the pronunciation search data down state by state to identify regional trends produced a new set of results, with New York proving the most frequently Googled state name across the United ...
This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. I grew up in Oklahoma, which is known as “The Sooner State.” Now I live in Indiana, otherwise known as “The Hoosier State.