Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:27 pm
That's the common mispronunciation. It's pronounced Or-uhm with the accent on the first syllable.awip2062 wrote:Duh, Matt....I would say it, it, rhymes with sit.ElfDude wrote:How would you say it?awip2062 wrote: BTW, Elf, how do they pronounce it and how are we supposed to?
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Ummm....O-rem?
I understand that way back when, the settlers were calling the town Geneva. But when they started trying to coax the railroad to build its line through the area, the railroad wasn't really interested in taking that route. They eventually convinced the railroad by re-naming their town after the president of the railroad. Mr. Orem gave in and chose that route to build.