# A quick trivial question for Cleveland-area Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-trivial-question-for-cleveland-area-dopers/270520>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-trivial-question-for-cleveland-area-dopers/270520 "2004-10-22T00:36:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-trivial-question-for-cleveland-area-dopers/270520/21 "2004-10-24T04:07:57Z")

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> [@Suse](#):
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> It always sounded to me as if Chrissie Hynde pronounced it kuh-HOE-guh in the song _Ohio_ (also seen titled as _My City Was Gone_ ).

A quick check of my albums confirm that. In both the studio and live versions, it’s “kuh-HO-guh.” Then again, she’s from Akron.

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