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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:00 AM Original message |
Nevada :: Journalists - pretend you are educated - learn how to pronounce our state. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. New-Voy-Dee? |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. They can't because |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. I try to avoid discussing it in general. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Peedro |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I get it and I'm an east coaster but then |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Cal-LAY? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. lol. nope. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Is that COO duh GRAH... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Even the ones shopping on Rodeo Drive. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe it is time to stop anglicizing the pronunciation. |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Why? They're Names in a Primarily English-Speaking Country |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Change to St. Peter, The Angels, St Monica-it would be consistent. |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. For the Same Reason We say "PAIR-uss" |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Actually I say Munchen and Milano and Napoli. I grew up in among many southern |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There are inconsistencies in Germany too - New York aber Neue Mexico. n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Because You Sound Like Idiots When You Travel Out of Town? |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. LMAO |
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fuzzy otter pop (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. yeah! you tell um!!! |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. Who claims to be the keeper of the ONE official pronunciation? |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Eastern arrogance? Have some respect. We don't say New Hamp-shy'er, now do we? n/t |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I just checked my dictionary... |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. A Western or Easterner dictionary? Do you also say things like Huckabee' s "irregardless"? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Nope, "regardless" makes much more sense to me |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. My town of Prescott is properly pronounced 'Preskitt'. We have to tell EVERY newbie & visitor. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. well, why WOULDN'T you have to tell them? |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Well, YAH! We laugh at ourselves, not the visitors. "Preskitt" is kinda tacky. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. sounds like long ago someonone slurred it |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Most likely this goes a ways toward explaining it: |
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Skarbrowe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm guilty. It's like a brain block. I know it's NeVAAda, but I say vaah. |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Understandable since the Eastern news media reinforces the error daily. n/t |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. I learned to say "Miz-ur-uh" for Missouri. They can learn to say Nevada |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Congratulations, you now sound like a Missouri downstate hick |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Thanks ever so. I took it from Jim Lehrer -- who says his name is Lehr-ah, so what does he know? |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Mizzou! :) |
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avrdream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. Okay, try pronouncing Cairns, where I live. |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. I say it like 'Na-ve-da', not 'Na-va-da' |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Listen to the pronunciation (link to .wav file player) |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. This discussion is easy to start, hard to stop |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. This thread shows we need a better way of writing down pronunciations |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well, then you learn to say New Jersey |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. IPA |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
38. So, an Eastern salesman goes to San Diego. He asks for directions to Jamacha Rd saying,"Where is . |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. I doubt this bothers many other people to the degree it bothers you... |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. Jon Ralston - Jan 9, 2008 - The Five Nevada Rules |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
46. Aahhhhh! So many NBC and MSNBC journalists say it wrong .... |
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Skarbrowe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. How do New Yorkers say " Borough"? |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Love him or hate him, congratulations to Chris Matthews |
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