tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post475898970853010101..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Right Kind of Girl - Discussion ThreadBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9082832167551839462011-03-22T08:28:20.676-07:002011-03-22T08:28:20.676-07:00The outer suburbs are a little different (my own i...The outer suburbs are a little different (my own is characterized by high-tech companies and an abundance of Indian immigrants--which miffs the downtown crowd, I think, as they tend to want to embrace diversity even while they are all so tediously pasty (and skinny and pierced, etc...)). But, we're only 20 minutes from the city center and it is pretty much shades of Portlandia all over the place. My husband worked downtown for eight years and hardly went a day without seeing a protest of some sort--very Life of Brian (The Palestinian Resistance People's League banging drums on the very spot previously occupied by the People's Resistance for the Oppression of Palestine...)Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-53234506266180382752011-03-21T22:11:53.570-07:002011-03-21T22:11:53.570-07:00Portlandia is a mild portrayal of Portland.Portlandia is a mild portrayal of Portland.Samurai Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06410319102135155577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84575113857508812112011-03-21T19:13:20.815-07:002011-03-21T19:13:20.815-07:00We've watched Portlandia! Eps 1-3, but that w...We've watched Portlandia! Eps 1-3, but that was enough. (Betty Ross loves Aimee Mann, the indie singer -- and sister-in-law to Sean Penn, former Mr. Madonna -- and she had a guest bit in Ep. 3.)<br /><br />It didn't make me want to move to ORE-a-gun, though. They just seemed too weird. Sorry. :-(Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91974717169063944702011-03-21T18:37:54.505-07:002011-03-21T18:37:54.505-07:00I used to love to watch Peter Jennings give us an ...I used to love to watch Peter Jennings give us an 'Or-uh-gone' (almost like Oragami...) but there are T-shirts around here that spell the pronunciation 'Ore-GUN...Idiot!' <br /><br />Portland is having a little Renaissance (as we are the best place in America for 20-ish hipsters to retire to) and you might enjoy some clips of 'Portlandia' (Which is about the 'definitive' Portland...) <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XM3vWJmpfoKeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-81588967582980842252011-03-21T18:21:17.406-07:002011-03-21T18:21:17.406-07:00As a former Oregonian, I can answer that one: It s...As a former Oregonian, I can answer that one: It should be pronounced <i>ORE-a-gun</i>. <br />If you're still not sure, you can listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtAPSR6KNT4" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Betty Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91499460251518821342011-03-21T18:12:56.341-07:002011-03-21T18:12:56.341-07:00I used to live in Portland, Maine -- and had to co...I used to live in Portland, Maine -- and had to cope with everyone thinking I meant Portland, Oregon.<br /><br />Okay, Betty Keira: time to wax definitive! :-)<br /><br />What is the ONLY acceptable pronunciation of OREGON? (With proper Mainers, you can get two syllables out of MAINE, but don't try that at home.)Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30382618857588790652011-03-21T16:44:53.776-07:002011-03-21T16:44:53.776-07:00Betty Caitlin! That was so hilarious! And, curio...Betty Caitlin! That was so hilarious! And, curiously, it IS sort of a soft accent...Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-87427982702002584162011-03-21T15:06:32.357-07:002011-03-21T15:06:32.357-07:00Go to Youtube and type in "British accent - D...Go to Youtube and type in "British accent - Devonshire accents sound like pirates!". Probably not what Betty was thinking of, but gives you the idea!<br /><br />I got sidetracked by "Peters Sellers doing British accents".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604612970156243425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-19535356488298232742011-03-21T12:25:48.925-07:002011-03-21T12:25:48.925-07:00Betty Keira-
LOL! But I grew up with a west coast...Betty Keira-<br />LOL! But I grew up with a west coast orientation, so Portland is in Oregon for me. I have to remind myself that there is another Portland(the one in Maine).<br />Betty BarbaraBarb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-54225985355992706852011-03-21T09:39:49.008-07:002011-03-21T09:39:49.008-07:00But have you stopped to think from whence all thes...But have you stopped to think from whence all these Bostons hailed? Boston, Lincolnshire, UK. Think Pilgrim Fathers before Leiden.<br />Naominaomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473681744246529378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-64412897376242296102011-03-21T09:24:17.030-07:002011-03-21T09:24:17.030-07:00But hardly anyone mistakes one for the other as th...But hardly anyone mistakes one for the other as the massiveness of Boston, Mass. outstrips all other Bostons. Try living in Portland, Oregon when the entire world wants to put you in Portland, Maine... :0) (P.S. Being a sad-sack about our metropolis is a feature, not a bug, of living in Portland...OR.)Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-15653957289067099452011-03-21T08:27:05.271-07:002011-03-21T08:27:05.271-07:00Betty Barbara here--
A quick flick through Google ...Betty Barbara here--<br />A quick flick through Google Maps reveals: Boston, Mass--the largest and most famous and then at least 5 more: NY, Indiana, Virginia and Georgia. <br />I, personally, am quite familiar with New Boston, Texas. There are also New Bostons in Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio and Illinois. No need to waste a good town name, I guess.Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.com