View Full Version : It's Nev-ADD-a, not Nev-ODD-a!
Mickey
08-12-2002, 05:47 PM
Why can't people pronounce my state correctly? LOL! We have some local t.v. ads in which they obviously hire someone who isn't from this state to do the voice-over. :rolleyes: Now I get to see ads for the new series called "Push, Nevada" (pronounced incorrectly!). Grrrr...
Just a pet peeve I needed to vent about. Whew...I feel so much better now! ;)
I've heard that Oregon and Missouri are two other states that are generally pronounced incorrectly. Anyone else's state/city commonly mispronounced?
LOL :biglaugh: we noticed that commercial too....:lol:
Cathy
08-12-2002, 06:08 PM
Reminds me of a little story I love.....
A couple was driving through Alabama and arguing about the pronunciation of the city they were approaching. The woman says, "It's Mo-BEEL", and the man insists, "It's MO-beel". They decide to ask a resident, figuring that natives will know. So they drive up to a restaurant and the woman approaches the cash register. She says, "Could you please say the name of this place really slowly and distinctly so my husband can hear you?" The cashier gets a questioning look on her face, leans toward the man, and says loudly........
Bur-ger King!"
Originally posted by Cathy
Reminds me of a little story I love.....
A couple was driving through Alabama and arguing about the pronunciation of the city they were approaching. The woman says, "It's Mo-BEEL", and the man insists, "It's MO-beel". They decide to ask a resident, figuring that natives will know. So they drive up to a restaurant and the woman approaches the cash register. She says, "Could you please say the name of this place really slowly and distinctly so my husband can hear you?" The cashier gets a questioning look on her face, leans toward the man, and says loudly........
Bur-ger King!"
ROFLMAO!!! :lol: I needed that! :)
imamama
08-12-2002, 06:25 PM
LOL CAthy! Too funny!
Mickey, we have the same problem her in Chattanooga.. people not from here ALWAYS pronounce it Chattan-OOGA! LOL
Lay off on the OOGA! :lol:
that's funny, cause I have been corrected in the past and told that my southern accent was getting in the way when I pronouced it Nevadda, I was told the correct way was odda!!!! LOL sheesh...I was right all along!
well try living in Saskatchewan - it's always fun listening to visitors pronounce that one - even better
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan!!
KarlaB
08-12-2002, 07:33 PM
ROFL!!!
My grandma lives in IA and I think everyone there says Missouri wrong. They say Missour - a. ?( We always laugh - just where is the A??? :lol:
at least most people pronounce it one of those two ways. I thought it was Ne-vadd-a and realize I pronounce it ne-va-da
Marla
08-12-2002, 09:03 PM
ROFL Cathy :lol:
Funny Cathy. I'd heard that one, but with the place being Tastee Freeze. Dh hates when his home state of Illinois is mispronounced.
Mickey
08-13-2002, 01:16 AM
That's funny, Cathy! :lol:
Amy, are you saying that they mispronounce Chattanooga in the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"??? LOL! (How is it supposed to be pronounced?)
Ann, you were right all along! LOL! I've even had people try to correct ME when I say Nev-add-a! Sheesh! ;)
What a tongue-twister, Fern! LOL! (Can't even say that once slowly! ;))
LOL! Karla, I knew a guy from Missouri and he pronounced it with a short "a" sound at the end and said it bugged him when people said "Miz-or-ee". And the guy on MB's Leap Pad pronounces it "Misery"! LOL! It's not REALLY Misery, is it?
JeannieOR
08-13-2002, 02:19 AM
Originally posted by Mickey
That's funny, Cathy! :lol:
LOL! Karla, I knew a guy from Missouri and he pronounced it with a short "a" sound at the end and said it bugged him when people said "Miz-or-ee". And the guy on MB's Leap Pad pronounces it "Misery"! LOL! It's not REALLY Misery, is it?
That's the way my dh insists on pronoucing it.
ROFL!! I went to the online sound dictionary and it had Missouri pronounced BOTH ways!!!
KarlaB
08-13-2002, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by Mickey
LOL! Karla, I knew a guy from Missouri and he pronounced it with a short "a" sound at the end and said it bugged him when people said "Miz-or-ee". And the guy on MB's Leap Pad pronounces it "Misery"! LOL! It's not REALLY Misery, is it?
Okay, so maybe I am wrong??!! :lol: I just don't get it since there is no A on the end. ?( Anyone from Missouri out there to help me out? LOL!
KarlaB
08-13-2002, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by AnnW
ROFL!! I went to the online sound dictionary and it had Missouri pronounced BOTH ways!!!
ROFL!!!!
KarlaB
08-13-2002, 11:36 AM
I know someone who pronounces Arkansas as Ar-kansas. :lol:
Originally posted by KarlaB
I know someone who pronounces Arkansas as Ar-kansas. :lol:
LOL we do that as a joke....:lol:
just like illinois....we joke about illinoise :lol:
imamama
08-13-2002, 06:59 PM
Originally posted by Mickey
Amy, are you saying that they mispronounce Chattanooga in the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"??? LOL! (How is it supposed to be pronounced?)
Yep, that's what I'm saying! LOL It's pronounced Chatta-nooga.
Linda/NE
08-13-2002, 07:07 PM
I think most people can pronounce Nebraska right but we have 3 cities/towns that are mispronounced.
Kearney--pronounced (Car-knee) is often pronounced (ker-knee)
Beatrice-pronounced (Be-a (as in apple) triss) is pronounced like the name Be-u (as in under) triss
Cairo- is pronounced (Care-O) not like Cairo, Egypt.
I'm sure there are more but those are the most common.
Originally posted by KarlaB
I know someone who pronounces Arkansas as Ar-kansas. :lol:
Now I hate that. LOL
KarlaB
08-14-2002, 12:53 AM
Originally posted by kat
Now I hate that. LOL
Me too!! 8o
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