How do you pronounce Tygh??

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Hiked the School Canyon-Tygh Creek loop this weekend, and realized that I am unsure how to pronounce the word Tygh.

Would it rhyme with "high" (like tie) or "fig" (like tig)??

Thanks!!

[Aimless]

I'm glad you didn't ask the 'right' way to pronounce it, because I don't know. I choose to pronounce it so it rhymes with 'high'.

[adamschneider]

This says it rhymes with "high," and while the "gh" is no longer pronounced, it's there because there was some sort of /x/ sound on the end of the word (táyx) in the original native language:


http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzC ... ey&f=false

(/x/, phonetically, is a velar fricative, similar to the "ch" in German "Buch" or the "j" in some Spanish dialects.)

[drm]

And I spoke to somebody who lives in Wamic once who pronounced it like "tie".

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Awesome, Tygh like "tie" it is
Thats how I have always said it as well
Thanks

[BrianEdwards]

Yep, tie valley.

[mcds]

Search youtube and you might (or might not) conclude that you do not want to admit knowing the correct pronunciation. Here are the top 4 hits for Tygh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cClf_FOQccQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vomcvYwmNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_4cu1LTZ0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqjjpar3xc

[IslandCougGirl]

I grew up in Dufur and pronounced it like tie and I grew up hunting on Tygh Ridge.

[adamschneider]

I grew up in Dufur

dew-FUR or DOOF-er?

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I say "dew-fur" but have no clue if its right or not