Enjoyed your video. Will be traveling on 84 to Portland, then to the coast, in a few days. I have driven on 84 many times since 1980, for trips to Colorado and Washington.
These videos are cool! There are some crazy switchbacks on the western I-84! Wow! And, on the eastern I-84, I never knew about the point where the three states meet. I think they need a bigger marker for that, instead of a small stone near the water.
@@timbertime7823 the western portion was originally known as I-80 N. I have used both many times, primarily the eastern section. I used it in conjunction with I-77 and I-81 as my backdoor from the south to New England to avoid the congestion on the I-95 corridor.
You nailed the names in Oregon except for Pendleton, which is said more like _Pennilton._ The D functions more as a disguised second L. But surprised you got Willamette right though. Most people from outside the region say it wrong. Will-am-et or Will-am-it is the right to say it. Most say it something like _Will-uh-met_ and I've even heard one say it like _William-et_ lol.
Thanks, I know how to say Willamette only because I went to Oregon years ago and said it the wrong way which got quite a reaction from the locals. They made sure to correct me. I hope to make it back out there one day again.
@@VirtualRoadTrip Haha, yeah, that can happen. Most of the time us born & raised locals will at most scoff/snicker, make a "ugh" or a "here we go" type sound under our breathe while rolling our eyes and shaking our heads at it. But there's always a few in every state who can come unglued haha. Oregon itself still somehow gets frequently mispronounced, too. And many videos teaching how to say it themselves prove they have no idea how to say it. But you nailed that too. "Or-ih-gin" or "or-uh-gin", the g is a actual g sound, so saying it like how we say gin the drink is not correct, as it is a j sound, not a g sound. Guh is the g sound haha. It's notable that with these, anyone can quickly learn we speak a little slower than the more citified regions do, but a little faster than the south and most country folk do, and we have a slightly laziness to how we speak. We don't tend to emphasize syllables much. Various things like that. But yes, I'd say outside of the government and thus politics, Oregon is fantastic! Specifically our nature and scenery. It's so damn special, unlike anywhere else. So any time people get to make it out here, and especially spend time in these various more rural and nature filled places, the better to truly take it all in and just enjoy it.
@@LairdKenneth Yeah, we're naturally casual, slower and a bit lazy with how we say our names around here. I think people from elsewhere put too much emphasis on overthinking the spellings, and end up over-emphasizing syllables and sounds in each name. It's funny how similar it is to learning a foreign language, and then attempting to speak it correctly in the places they natively speak it. You just end up making more mistakes and sounding a lot weirder and more hilarious than you're intending to be. Like how many people think Oregon is said. You ever notice how deliberately they think you have to enunciate the syllables? It honestly is said almost without any syllables haha. Slur those syllables slightly a little lazily, and you'll likely nail it on your first try. It's honestly funny to me.
