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RangerDave
 Post subject: Ne-va-da or Ne-vah-da?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:22 pm 
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The misuse of one little vowel frustrates a lot of Nevadans who get irritated by the mispronunciation of the state's name — using an "ah" instead of "a."

So the middle a is supposed to be pronounce like the a in "van"?
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Perhaps 'a' as in 'apple'... Nev-AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!-da.

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Yeah...it's still "Nev-AH-dah" to me. East Coast, bay-bee.

Also, wow...slow legislation day. :P
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Ne-VAH-da

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Ne-va-da.
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I think LadyKate needs to record a couple of sound clips, for each pronunciation type, so I can compare.

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wikianswers.com wrote:
Correct pronunciation: Ne-va-duh ("a" as in cat)


http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_pronounce_Nevada
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Mookhow wrote:
I think LadyKate needs to record a couple of sound clips, for each pronunciation type, so I can compare.


Why me? Lol I'm the worst to ask...I grew up in Oregon and transplanted to Mississippi.
Ever heard a pacific-northwestern/southern accent?
I get made fun of on all sides! :)

...but for the record...its neither...its Ne-vah-yda.

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vad rhymes with mad.
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Nev-an-dahl.

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Kind of like how Oregon is pronounced "Organ".
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Nuh vAH dah

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... iation.ogg

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Nev-legal-whores-duh,

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Nuh-va-duh

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Lex Luthor wrote:
Kind of like how Oregon is pronounced "Organ".


Yeah, that one I've adjusted to. I used to say Or-uh-gone, but now I say Or-i-gin. The one change I will never, ever make, though, is Missour-ee to Missour-uh. When politicians and reporters from other states pronounce it Missour-uh, I just cringe.
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Squirrel Girl wrote:
or "Luziana".


Nawlins.

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You posted ...

Now stop dodging the place Captain Ne-VAD-a

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Nevada is pronounced:

poo-hole

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LadyKate wrote:
Nawlins.



my favorite haha



...and then there's "illa-noise" and "mizz-urrah"





warshington?




Westchestertonfieldville?

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Or Luh-ville

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Mi'waukee.

Very few people know that, unless they're from, ya know, Milwaukee.

Of course, there's always the Cudahy joke.

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Ne-va-da....eh?

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I know it's got an a like in "van" sound. But I still say Nev-ah-dah anyway.

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