Nevada

[Terzo]

How do you pronounce the first a? Apparently the correct way is "a" as in "bad" but I've always said "a" as in father. I hear some people get real riled up about saying it the right way.

 

[olds]

I pronounce it "shithole".

 

[schneiderguy]

Everyone here in CA pronounces the 'a' like in "bad".

 

[Terzo]

I pronounce it "shithole".

Nevshitholeada?

 

[IronWing]

Nebada with each a pronounced as in father would be the proper Spanish pronunciation. However, modern usage is Navada with the first and last a pronounced as in father and the middle a as in bad. Also drag out the middle a so Navaaada to get the proper trailer trash intonation.

 

[destrekor]

Nebada with each a pronounced as in father would be the proper Spanish pronunciation. However, modern usage is Navada with the first and last a pronounced as in father and the middle a as in bad. Also drag out the middle a so Navaaada to get the proper trailer trash intonation.

I dunno - I pronounce it Nevada, like Nebada (ne-Bah-dah, or like the sound of the O sound in bother). Slight emphasis on the va part. I think the way some people learn word pronunciation (partly to fault of any accent), the way we roll the pronunciation of the eva part, the e get morphed a little to sound like whatever is following the V as well. Because I've heard a lot of the expected E part, with proper sound, at least around NW Ohio - the default "accent" of the US, the accent of the national media. 😀

Though we do have an old street named Nevada, though locals pronounce it Ne-vay-dah. We might have the Polish history of the town to thank for that though.

 

[Aluvus]

I met some people from Nevada years ago, and they were insistent that it should be like the 'a' in 'bad', so I try to pronounce it that way. But I've always thought it sounded a bit wrong.

 

[coldmeat]

Never heard anyone pronounce it as "father", at least not in real life.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I say it like Neh vah duh

 

[Chaotic42]

I say it like Neh vah duh

Same. The "bad" "a" sound is just weird. Of course I also cringe when I hear people say "New Or-leenz"

 

[Crono]

The second way.

I didn't know it wasn't the correct way.

 

[lxskllr]

I say it like Neh vah duh

Same. The other way grates on my ears, and right or wrong, I refuse to say it that way.