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I realize it is just something I got to remember, but is there any explenation
to what is going on gramatically with to omou? Why to? Or is it just a thing
that is?

Also, why to moushimasu/to iimasu, is the same thing happening there?
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Is there a reason it is -to omou instead of wo omou to say you think something?
That's because と and its colloquial version って are used to "quote" relative
clauses.

They usually go with verbs like:

  1. 言う 【い・う】 (u-verb) - to say

  2. 聞く 【き・く】 (u-verb) - to ask; to listen

  3. 叫ぶ 【さけ・ぶ】 (u-verb) - to scream

  4. 呼ぶ 【よ・ぶ】 (u-verb) - to call

  5. [思]{おも}う（u-verb) - to think

The same way you say:

> 今日、僕は大学に行かないと思う - I think I will not go to college today.

You also say:

> 彼はあなたに何と言った? - What did he say to you?

So with these verbs you will use と or って instead of を.
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