And, How do you Natives pronounce "Nevada?" (Las Vegas: street , quality)

[5kingsinvegas]

Originally Posted by lvkewlkid

some of my friends make fun of me because I say my o's like a's like in orange and forest, but its ok, because I make fun of them putting mayo on a burger...

And what exactly is wrong with Mayo on a Burger????

[AZRiverRat]

Lately theres been a commercial on the radio advertising for a Las Vegas casino. The woman says "Sorry, Nev(awe)(daw) residents, this is offer is for Non-Nev(awe)(dawns) only"
The more I hear that commercial, the more annoying it gets!

I guess I lived in Nev(adda) too long!

And as far as Vegas goes.............my son referred to it as Naws Begas for a l(awe)ng time!

[schizoid]

Nevadans clearly don't like Spanish pronunciations. Every time I pronounce "vista" VEE-stuh I get corrected. I wonder how the residents of Caliente, NV pronounce their city, KAL-ee-ent? Kuh-LEENT? Pronouncing "Nevada" with a short A really irks me because if you're going to anglicise it, it should be Nuh-VAY-da. There's only one D.

[greatbasinguide]

Kal ee annie, there is a T sound in anntie, but it is soft, But no worse that Missourians saying New Mad Rid for New Madrid
Or Tennesseans saying A thins for Athens

And Pioche has no e sound at the end.

[schizoid]

That's horrible! But you're right, it's no worse than Nawlins, Bahstun, Nooyawk, Lawnguyland, Mizzurah, or plenty of other examples. It seems people like to mispronounce their hometowns so they can identify outsiders.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by xavierbu

I am from Pennsylvania, and i pronnounce it Nah-vah-da, if you want one to try to pronnounce, try pronnoncing my county, Schuylkill (pronnounced, skookull) not Scool-Kill, or as some pronnounce it, and i don't even think i am spelling this one right, Schueeel-kill county. Have fun with that!!

When I lived back there I thought it was the Sure Kill Expressway?

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

When I lived back there I thought it was the Sure Kill Expressway?

You mean it wasn't? Darn. I thought how poetic.

[Aeroman]

Originally Posted by DaJudge

It is Ne-vah-da..the 'a' in vah is the same as the note in( doh ray mee fah soh) LA<<<<----

I'm a local and I say Las Vegas, saying Vegas is definitely a tip off that you have not lived here very long.
It makes me look at the person saying 'Vegas' as someone TRYING to act cool.

Well, things do change.
I was born in Nevada (1949) and spent my young life growing up Vegas. Yep, back in the 50s we all just called it Vegas.
Maybe if I'd have stayed there I would be saying Las Vegas by now

This sounds very close, just something slightly wrong, but I can't put my finger on it.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?... Pronunciation

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?... Pronunciation

Bye for now

[Buzz123]

If you speak Spanish, and you are saying something is "snow-covered", then we'll forgive you for pronouncing it ne vaw da; but if you are an English speaking American it is insulting to us if you pronounce it that way. I live in Nev adda...I don't know where Ne vaw da is.

Maybe I missed the memo, but Las Vegas/Vegas has been interchangeable for locals for way longer than the 43 years that I've lived here; although it does sound a little too familiar to hear people who don't live here call it "Vegas". Probably the same people who mistakenly call San Francisco, "Frisco"; or they call San Antonio, "San Antone". And I'd think you'd need to be from Philadelphia to call that city, "Philly".

Do these Johnny-Come-Late-lies think it's OK to invade Nevada and then change the names of places and things? If so, they should leave on the same horse they rode in on.

[Steve97415]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

If you speak Spanish, and you are saying something is "snow-covered", then we'll forgive you for pronouncing it ne vaw da; but if you are an English speaking American it is insulting to us if you pronounce it that way. I live in Nev adda...I don't know where Ne vaw da is.

So for the sake of consistency, what then, would be the rule for anglicizing the vowel quality of the "a" in Spanish adjectives formed from the past participle of a verb?

Is is correct, for example to say "coh-luh-RAW-doh" for Colorado, or does it need to be "coh-luh-RAD-oh" in order to be consistent with "nuh-VAD-uh"?