I only know Coos Bay, OR from the Ray Stevens “Haircut” song.
And let us not forget Portland Hoffa.
There’s a fun thread idea: how do you think Coos is pronounced? How many syllables?
Isn’t that basically what I asked upthread? One for Oregon, two for NH, “Hell if I know” for people unfamiliar with either.
No? You asked which of the two people thought of. I’m curious as to how people imagine you say it.
Considering that the Oregon one is one syllable and the NH one is two, it comes out to the same thing. Except that some people who don’t know will guess instead of saying “I don’t know”.
Forgot about Oregon’s pecularity, and we just planned a car trip up the coast.
Oregon, of course, as I am originally from Seattle. I’ve been to the other one, or at least near there, but that was more than 30 years ago and we went shopping in Freeport.