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Old Thu Feb 24, 2011, 01:09pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett View Post
The city of Portland Oregon is pronounced the same as Portland Maine. The city of Salem Oregon is pronounced the same as Salem Massachusetts. The city of Albany Oregon is pronounced the same as Albany New York. The city of Detroit Oregon is pronounced the same as Detroit Michigan. There's lots more. I think Oregon probably has the most cities named after other cities.

Unfortunately, there's no Las Vegas Oregon.
There is an Oregon, Wisconsin. It's pronounced Or-uh-GONE. I just worked a game there a few weeks ago.
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