Prounounciations: Colorado Places (Monte Vista, Buena Vista, Del Norte: parks, history, pronounce)

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by Kar54

Just make sure you don't pronounce Buena Vista like Californian's do, "BWAYnah Vista". Here it's called "BYOUnah Vista". That'll get ya everytime.

Waht are you talking about??? It's Spanish word, so it's pronounced BWAYnah Vista...

Or, if you really wanna get NPR-Latino-Hour accurate, it's 'BuWayNah BeeStah'

[zenkonami]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

Yes, and it's PRONUNCIATION not PROUNOUNCIATION


Normally I try not to be a stickler on spelling, since I make enough ugly typos of my own, but being as how this thread is about correct usage of the English language, I thought you might want to have the title of it spelled correctly.

I usually pride myself on my spelling, but apparently I've had this one wrong for some time Thanks for the correction!

[jubranco]

How do you pronounce "Mesa Verde" ? Thanks.

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by jubranco

How do you pronounce "Mesa Verde" ? Thanks.

About the closest in English phonetic is "May-suh Vair-day." Spanish for "green table"--"mesa" means "an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau ; also : a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side : bench." From Merriam Webster

[Sockeye]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

Waht are you talking about??? It's Spanish word, so it's pronounced BWAYnah Vista...


Or, if you really wanna get NPR-Latino-Hour accurate, it's 'BuWayNah BeeStah'

...a dead giveaway that one is a newbie.

[Shuffler]

Vasquez Blvd in Denver...I get really annoyed when the traffic reporters botch this one...

Hint: it's NOT pronounced 'vasskwez'

[jubranco]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

About the closest in English phonetic is "May-suh Vair-day." Spanish for "green table"--"mesa" means "an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau ; also : a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side : bench." From Merriam Webster

Thanks. I once had an argument with my friend who keeps saying "Ver-Deee".

[horseplayer]

How about good ole Del "Nort"? And Isn't "Mont Vista" down the road.
In Virginia it's BUU-NA VISTA.

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by horseplayer

How about good ole Del "Nort"? And Isn't "Mont Vista" down the road.
In Virginia it's BUU-NA VISTA.

Yes, there are English "bastardized" versions that have become the accepted local pronunciation--"Dell Nort" for Del Norte, just "B-yoonie" for Buena Vista. Monte Vista is usually pronounced "Monta Vista" or just plain "Mon-tee" by the locals.

The one that really grates on me is the Kansas pronunciation of El Dorado as "El Dah-raydo." That one just sounds sick and wrong. Of course, they also say the "Ar-KAN-sus" River instead of the "Ar-kun-SAW" River. Go figure.

[horseplayer]

I'm glad I live in Nevada, and not Ne-VAY-da, Missouri.