Being a Westerner myself who grew up only a couple hours away from the state, I can happily say I know how to pronounce Oregon properly. Another western state whose pronunciation gets botched horribly is
Nevada. Westerners get irritated when you pronounce it wrong. Now what irritates me as a Westerner is when people from the East coast insist that I live in the mid-West. No, Idaho is
not in the mid-West.
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Originally Posted by Eomer
I can't recommend it highly enough: travel, see new places.
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Ooh, I'll definitely second that one. Traveling was the most enriching experience of my life and I miss it. I do hope to one day live in a foreign country for a longer period of time. And I can also agree that the Netherlands is a lovely place to live. For me, I loved living in a small town for a semester...I felt that I got a more authentic Dutch experience than if I had stayed in Amsterdam. And the people in Limburg are so friendly.
Being a student, I get to live in many places. I grew up in Boise, Idaho (and live there on breaks). My school is in Boston, which is where I am right now. Last semester I had the lovely experience of living in Well, the Netherlands. I hope to get an internship this summer, which could be in Boston or somewhere else like NYC, or even (though less likely) out of the country. I almost chose to do an abroad program in LA but decided against it because LA is so ugly and smoggy. Who knows where I'll live once I graduate. Oh, how I love to live in many places...apparently I'm more adventurous than most.