|
Forums >
Off-Topic Discussion >
A PSA for those who mention the state of Nevada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUf9FDUOTk It's Ne-va-da Not Ne-vah-da And yes, it means that much to us. Aug 21 14 11:52 pm Link Good to know Aug 22 14 12:08 am Link Your phonetics don't help me much. Either one could be pronounced either way. Obviously one is one and the other is the other but which is which? For instance, does "vah" rhyme with "bah" as in bah humbug? Does "va" sound like it does in "vaginal"? (yes, I did that on purpose LOL) I'm only trying to be a little bit of a smart aleck here. I am genuinely interested in knowing the answer. I live in Vineland, NJ. We know when someone not from here is talking about it because they say Vine LAAAND. When we say it, it sounds more like Vinelend. Aug 22 14 01:14 am Link I will be there this weekend. I already know the most important thing a visitor can know about Kneevadah - any car with Cali plates will get a ticket. I will be begging the rental guy for any car with Co or Utah plates. Even Tejas. But no Cali. Aug 22 14 02:38 am Link Hearing people pronounce Illinois "Ill-in-oiz" and Westminster "West-minister" and Colorado "Col-uh-rad-uh" and knowing that whether you say "Louis-vill" or "Luavl" tells whether you're talking about Colorado or Kentucky, I can't get too worked up over whether given state residents like a short A or a soft A. But I'll do my best to be polite about it in my next trip to Lost Wages, should that ever happen. Aug 22 14 05:17 am Link Do any drunken Irish Bostonians ever come into town?  Aug 22 14 05:19 am Link There is a local way of pronouncing a prominent street in NYC. Houston Street... which divides parts of lower Manhattan into "North of Houston" = Noho and "South of Houston" = Soho... Non New Yorkers, pronounce "Houston" same as in "John Houston" or "Houston, Texas"... but the locals pronounce it "House-ton" as in a dwelling "house" and then "-ton". A lesson I learned within the first few weeks after relocating from Frankfurt/Germany to the city...  Aug 22 14 05:38 am Link udor wrote: Great example Aug 22 14 05:41 am Link Jules NYC wrote: Thank you, Julie! Aug 22 14 06:44 am Link Lovely Day Media wrote: Vin...is that vin as in VIN Number?....doh!:} Aug 22 14 06:47 am Link udor wrote: That's kinda like - alles klar, aber keiner weiß bescheide! Aug 22 14 06:51 am Link I know of Las Vegas, but what is this 'Nevada' you're talking about? Aug 22 14 07:42 am Link udor wrote: Oh man...dude...my ONLY time ever being in New York, my "hotel" was on Houston. Crazy place. It was attached to some...damn...wish I remembered...I think it was South American...anyhow, attached to a small restaurant. No signs, numbers, nothing. Had to call to have the guy come out. Before anyone freaks out and thinks I'm dumb (or maybe I still am), this place was recommended to me by a friend who is originally French but was living in NYC for over a decade. Anyhow, this place was run by friends of his that catered to visiting French. Affordable, clean, and nice. Just hard to find. Aug 22 14 07:49 am Link udor wrote: There is a "House-ton," here in Arkansas. There is also an El "Dor-ay-do." Those bother me to no end. Aug 22 14 08:03 am Link I always got a kick out of "Worsher and dryer" for appliances. Seems a southern accent at times, but anyone from Arkansas speaks funny anyway so they get a pass. Those "nuclear" (Nuk-cu-ler, Nu-clear, etc.) test ranges in Nevada can have a funny sound too at times, even from TV news people. Aug 22 14 08:14 am Link I thought it was pronounced like Canada NEV-uh-duh Aug 22 14 08:18 am Link Houston and Greenwich drove me up the wall. We have a strachan street here. Pronounced "strawn".  Aug 22 14 08:24 am Link Well I'm from Providence. We say Ne-vah-da. It just ends up coming out Ne-va-da. Aug 22 14 08:35 am Link Laura UnBound wrote: Have to love the Scots. And the Welsh. Aug 22 14 08:43 am Link We have Worcester, which is pronounced Wooster, or more accurately if you are local, Woostah. Aug 22 14 08:45 am Link Let's call the whole thing off. So, are they also changing the etymology of the name? Edit: Ah, I see NBC already made the tomato reference. And they mentioned that "nevada" is Spanish for "snow-covered," but the didn't mention why locals mispronounce it the way they do. Aug 22 14 08:49 am Link More regionalisms. People from Pueblo, CO, are fond of calling their town "Pee-ABE-low" Buena Vista is often "Bue-na Vista." And no one here knows how to pronounce Saguache, not really. Aug 22 14 08:51 am Link -JAY- wrote: .... unless you're talking about the town in Missouri of the same name. Aug 22 14 08:59 am Link Justin wrote: I'd go with "saw-WATCH-ay," matching "saguaro" and "huarache." Maybe "saw-WATCH," depending on whether that last "e" had an accent or not. Aug 22 14 09:16 am Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: My dad used Worcestershire sauce, and he always pronounced it "Wooster." I do it that way, or else "Wooster-sher." Aug 22 14 09:32 am Link This thread reminds me of a local joke. Two salesmen were in a car driving through Mexia, Texas and having a disagreement over how Mexia is pronounced. The man driving argued it is "Mex-ee-ah". The passenger argued it is "Ma-HAY-uh". To settle it, they decided to stop and ask a local. On the next block they saw a young man sitting on a bench eating an ice cream cone. The driver stopped, rolled down his window and asked, "Would you please tell us where we are?" "...and say it really slow so we understand," the passenger added. The young man looked around, sort of puzzled at the request and then replied very slowly, "Dairy Queen". So there was the joke, but one time when I heard it told, there was an old man from Mexia standing nearby and overheard it. He interjected, "they are both wrong, it's dang town is called "Ma-HAIR." Aug 22 14 10:10 am Link ernst tischler wrote: Aug 22 14 10:13 am Link udor wrote: I already know that. I've lived in New York. Aug 22 14 10:14 am Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: Oh dear god in heaven. Aug 22 14 10:16 am Link Legeros Photography LLC wrote: That's another common mispronunciation. I guess they don't see the E or maybe they get their grapes off a vin, too. Aug 22 14 10:36 am Link on dit comme on veut. *nods* Aug 22 14 11:37 am Link On my way to Ne Va Da from Knee You Ork I had to pass by Arch Can Saas (as in: Saab) and nobody knew what that place was when they were the very people living there... (the right way, they said was this:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2VJKTvkCA I had to stop by and visit a New Kellar power plant. . Aug 22 14 06:00 pm Link ernst tischler wrote:
Aug 22 14 06:07 pm Link When I was growing up in Southern California, there was a mountain (San Jacinto). It was pronounced San Ya-sin-toe. 10 - 15 years later, after the number of Spanish speakers had increased, the pronunciation changed to San Ha-seen-toe. Then I moved to Houston, Texas for a few years. There is a street (San Jacinto). It is pronounced San Ja-sen-to. Aug 22 14 06:33 pm Link udor wrote: You probably wouldn't want to know how Chicagoans pronounce "Goethe Street". Aug 22 14 07:33 pm Link Funny how the white politicians and media are dead set on correcting a spanish word that is not suppose to or shouldn't sound spanish. ... it's the 'merican way I guess. Aug 22 14 07:55 pm Link I'm about thirty miles from Nevada, Missouri. The locals pronounce it Neh*Vay*Duh. 50 miles south of here is Miami, Oklahoma, which the locals insist is pronounced My*am*uh... The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered there, and the town is named after the tribe. The tribe pronounces it's name as My*am*ee. Aug 22 14 09:18 pm Link Art Silva wrote: The huge-ass mountain range for which the state is named can be pronounced correctly either way. However, even though it's not etymologically-correct, the name of the state should be pronounced as the locals prefer it to be said: nəˈvædə Aug 22 14 09:44 pm Link Nevada is a Spanish word. The name was given to the area by Spanish explorers... Nevada for the Sierra Nevada (snowy mountains). So to be correct it should be pronounced Ne-vah-da. There are more people with Mexican roots than others. The principal ancestries of Nevada's residents in 2009 have been surveyed to be the following: 20.8% Mexican 13.3% German 10.0% Irish 9.2% English 6.3% Italian 3.8% American 3.6% Scandinavian (1.4% Norwegian, 1.4% Swedish, and 0.8% Danish). Plenty of Germans too.... I wonder how Arnold would pronounce it..... Well I guess it' jut another case of Americans screwing up another European word. Aug 22 14 09:53 pm Link Fred Greissing wrote: Yes, but to be consistent, we'd then have to pronounce Los Angeles as "Los Anjeles" (not to mention the pronunciation of Florida mentioned above). Aug 22 14 10:06 pm Link |
