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I wasn't going to make a series about my Hetalia Oregon, but after a certain someone sent a very rude review to me in the long story, I decided to go ahead and make a few more.
Whoever if was who sent me that review, if you're reading this, know that this is for you and without you I wouldn't have been prompted to make a few drabbles about Beverly!
Please keep in mind that they won't be as long as the one shot, the rest will probably be drabbles at best.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia, but am owner of Beverly 'Oregon' McLaughlin. Her full bio can be found in my other Hetalia fiction 'A little time in the rain'
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Usually Beverly was a fairly patient person, both as a young woman and one of the states of America. She tried to give certain slights the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes things just grated on her nerves a little too much.
"Hey there Beverly!" One of her sibling states said at the latest meeting.
"Ah, Nevada!" She chimed, "Nice to see you again."
Her neighbor state gave her a winning smile and pulled out a chair for her.
"We haven't talked but in a while other then business." He said, "When was the last time you enjoyed Vegas."
I can't remember." She admitted, "But you've been pretty lax with visiting me."
He shrugged and laughed. "Yeah I need to head out to your place, visit the state of Oregon."
She twitched a bit at the way he pronounced her state name. He called it Oree-gon instead of Oreh-gone. But she got that a lot and tried to bear it as best she could. It could be very grating when people couldn't pronounce ones name right. She wondered if any of the Nations their 'father' knew felt something akin to this.
Before she could calmly correct him, Nevada called a few other states over.
"Hey guys, anyone wanna visit Oreegon with me?" He called.
"Sure." Wyoming said, "A visit to Oraygon would do me some good."
"Orahgun sounds like a nice retreat." Massachusetts agreed, "We could have a party or something."
Nevada didn't notice Oregon's very noticeable dismay at the butchering of her name. Instead he rattled of some things they could do when they got there, like have a camping party, enjoy a hike in the Rocky mountains and maybe even check out the beach area.
"You know what?" He said at last, "I wanna check out that one place, Oregon City, Oreegon."
She was flabbergasted. He said the city name right and the state name wrong. That the hell? She had never heard anyone do that!
"Is something wrong Oreegon?"
She punched him in the gut.
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The next day she proposed to her boss that they change their state motto to "Oregon, no you're saying it wrong."
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AN: Oregon has a problem of a lot of people mispronouncing it's name. Needless to say that as an Oregonian it always bugs me.
In any case there are might be a few more drabbles about Oregon that I'll do, there won't be very many and they won't be very long. Just to say it now and avoid trouble for anyone later.
Anyway, I hope you liked it.