How do you pronounce Nevada? (1 Viewer)

[BobbyLayne]

How do you say it?

 

[Zow]

Short a.

Nev - ad - uh.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Short a.

Nev- ad - uh.

Same

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Just like it's spelled.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Nuh-Vadd-Uh

 

[massraider]

Vegas

 

[IrishTwinkie]

Don

 

[BobbyLayne]

Just like it's spelled.

Wojciehowicz

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Just like it's spelled.

Wojciehowicz

Wojo Hoe its

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I used to pronounce it the way everyone not from Nevada pronounces it. Then dated a girl from Nevada and was shamed into pronouncing it their way.

A good follow up question is how do you pronounce Florida?

Floor-Duh

 

[3C's]

Not how it's supposed to be pronounced.

 

[Navin Johnson]

Ney-vaw-daw

 

[Mister CIA]

Feliz Nevada.

 

[Desert_Power]

Not how it's supposed to be pronounced.

I remember the Veep scene about it and realizing I've been saying it wrong my whole life

 

[need2know]

Nevad a

 

[the moops]

Nuh Vah Dah

 

[dkp993]

Too-hot

 

[elguapo07]

Nuh Var Dar

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not how it's supposed to be pronounced.

I remember the Veep scene about it and realizing I've been saying it wrong my whole life

How is it supposed to be pronouced?

 

[-OZ-]

Flar-fin-gar

 

[BlackCrowes]

Don

one of my all time fav threads

 

[the moops]

It should be pronounced the same as how we say Sierra Nevada

 

[ChiefD]

There is a town in Missouri called Nevada but it's pronounced:

Nuh VAY Duh

 

[Poke_4_Life]

There is a town in Missouri called Nevada but it's pronounced:

Nuh VAY Duh

There's also Versailles in MO, pronounced Ver-Sails. There are other examples of small towns in MO pronounced 'uniquely'. MO folks are weird.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

There is a town in Missouri called Nevada but it's pronounced:

Nuh VAY Duh

There's also Versailles in MO, pronounced Ver-Sails. There are other examples of small towns in MO pronounced 'uniquely'. MO folks are weird.

Similarly, I've been informed by a Wisconsinite that "Prairie du Chien" is not pronounced anywhere close to the original French. Which I guess is true of Des Moines, IA as well.

 

[Snoopy]

There is a town in Missouri called Nevada but it's pronounced:

Nuh VAY Duh

There's also Versailles in MO, pronounced Ver-Sails. There are other examples of small towns in MO pronounced 'uniquely'. MO folks are weird.

Similarly, I've been informed by a Wisconsinite that "Prairie du Chien" is not pronounced anywhere close to the original French. Which I guess is true of Des Moines, IA as well.

and Fond du Lac uses an English pronunciation.

Ponce de Leon Ave in Atlanta is not pronounced in French either and that is a telltale sign of an outsider if they try to do so.

 

[Chemical X]

it’s pronounced gates

 

[BobbyLayne]

There is a town in Missouri called Nevada but it's pronounced:

Nuh VAY Duh

There's also Versailles in MO, pronounced Ver-Sails. There are other examples of small towns in MO pronounced 'uniquely'. MO folks are weird.

Similarly, I've been informed by a Wisconsinite that "Prairie du Chien" is not pronounced anywhere close to the original French. Which I guess is true of Des Moines, IA as well.

Michiganders somehow turned Bois Blanc into bob-lo