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Old 01-09-2008, 01:01 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Memo to: Tom Brokaw and about half of the national new media

Other than the tendency of the national media to incorrectly use "try and" instead of the correct "try to", one of my media pet peeves is the continuing incorrect pronunciation of our state.

Now that the Nevada caucuses are near, maybe you could learn the proper pronunciation.

Hint: it is not pronounced in the Spanish or 'da Governator' way.

http://evaeaston.com/pr/media/r/state-nev.ra (broken link)

Don't Call it Nuh-va-duh! (http://renotahoe.about.com/library/weekly/aa072798.htm - broken link)

Nevada | Antimoon Forum

Many, if not most, names of cities, states, and nations of Spanish origin have a different pronunciation in English. Supposedly educated national journalists have no trouble with the American vs Spanish pronunciation of Mexico, Cuba, Los Angeles, Tucson, Toledo, Loma Linda, Santa Monica, California, Montana, or Florida.

They also have no trouble with the American pronunciation of words like 'rodeo' of Spanish origin.

Why then, do so many journalists have so much difficulty with proper pronunciation of Nevada and Colorado? After so many decades, isn't it time that "journalists" educate themselves?
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Old 01-09-2008, 03:07 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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Why then, do so many journalists have so much difficulty with proper pronunciation of Nevada and Colorado? After so many decades, isn't it time that "journalists" educate themselves?


I don't know....I'll ask her!
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Old 01-11-2008, 07:20 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Love him or hate him, but congratulations to Chris Matthews of MSNBC. Not only has Chris always pronounced Nevada correctly, he made a specific point on his show today to tell others that it "is pronounced Ne-va-duh" (not Ne-vah-duh).

Now if only the others of the NBC/MSNBC news team would take note.

Here are some offenders:

Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Dan Abrams, Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski, John Harwood, Dana Milbank, Monica Novotny, etc.

reviewjournal.com -- News: Bush mispronunciation disrespects state, critics ...

How to pronounce Nevada: New City Vegas Windows Media Audio Player

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