Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! IRRATIONALLY ANGRY PT. 2: Irrationally Angrier

I bet people in the countries of England or Scotland or Manchester couldn't even tell you how you're supposed to pronounce Nevada.

darragh how do you englishes pronounce things

What? "nevoda" (or "ne-vah-da") is rare, IME. I think most Americans pronounce it the right way: with the a in "va" pronounced as it is in "apple."

Also, it's Colora(as in "apple")do, not GD "Colorahdo."

I say ne-vah-da.

never contradict me in front of the canadians, je55e

at least not until darragh kicks my ass

And Oh-re-gun, not gone. And Missouro and Ioway.

xp lol

Oh, I'm slow, but was "posta" and "nevoda" a joke?

nehada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPoGI3J3_Qc

knee vay der

never contradict me in front of the canadians, je55e

It makes me a little IA that the "correct" pronunciation of Spanish-named states is the non-Spanish pronunciation

In British Columbia, Canada, the first a in Nevada is a short a: http://www.abcfastphonics.com/vowel-letters/vowel-e.html

Living in Los Angeles, I've noticed a lot of people pronounce it like Ne-VAW-daw. Can't be bothered to write in IPA.

Oh, oops: http://www.abcfastphonics.com/vowel-letters/vowel-a.html

What? "nevoda" (or "ne-vah-da") is rare, IME. I think most Americans pronounce it the right way: with the a in "va" pronounced as it is in "apple."

I do not know a single person that pronounces it this way!

colorado

In a country that has towns named Ver-SAILS, KAY-row, and Buh-GO-duh, "Nuh-VAD-uh" is not our worst offense.

I think the Ne-vahhh-da/Ne-vad-uh divide is regional. I knew no one who said it like the latter until I lived out west.

I used to live in Colorado and IME most people pronounced it with the -ahhh sound. I lived in Boulder, though, which is all transplanted Californians and east coasters anyway so grain of salt. Sahhhhhlt.

It makes me a little IA that the "correct" pronunciation of Spanish-named states is the non-Spanish pronunciation

I don't know if I could live in a nation of Peggy Hills talking about seeing the skies in Nuevo Meh Hee Ko.

Shocking myself every time I hang my coat up at work.

It makes me a little IA that the "correct" pronunciation of Spanish-named states is the non-Spanish pronunciation

The Spanish pronunciation of Nevada and Colorado isn't the same as either American pronunciation.

Anyway I think we can all agree that people who say O-re-gone are disgusting savages. Much worse than people who pronounce the "s" in Illinois.

I suppose this one is rational, but is it bad when your dad forgets your birthday, but does manage to call/text you twice to ask for money during said day?

(w/e, it's not going to ruin my day, he's grown more and more disappointing as he's gotten older, and I'm sure in two hours the apologies will start flooding in which he'll somehow turn into his own self-deprecation).

maybe one for rationally angry thread

Broke my fp button on mookie, currently awaiting repair guy

I got all my pronounciations from Perry Como's "Delaware"

Much worse than people who pronounce the "s" in Illinois.

who in the hell does this.

People from rural parts of NC, definitely.

Sufjan

Sufjan Stevens.

XP!!!!!

That's like pronouncing it Lake Mitchagain.

We states with silent s's on the end gotta stick together.

I know an elderly person who pronounces "Chicago" as "Chicargo." I find that charming, though.

I hear a few people do it, but these are the same people who pronounce 'aluminum' as "al-yoo-minn-ee-um"

one of the old NBA broadcasters (can't remember who) used to say it "Chi-coe-go"

also love how Mark Jackson says 'point guard' like it's "point GOD"

I can't pronounce aluminum either. Just spelled it right on the first try though, yay me.

the weirdest mispronunciation I ever heard was during PMLP training certification course. One of the lead facilitators kept saying the word "characteristics" as 'char-iss-tiks', leaving half of the word out.

Andrew Jackson apparently used to pronounce development devil opp mint.

ppl mispronounce georgia alot

Joe-JUH

we had a new girl in fifth grade and her first day she pronounced arkansas 'r kansas' and the entire class including the teacher burst out in laughter for like five minutes

I was watching something recently and a bunch of characters supposedly from Oregon were all saying Ore-a-gone and I kind of had an aneurysm. Same when I hear Spo-cane which is just egregiously wrong but not an entire state. Idahoans also say "boyce-ee" instead of "boy-zee" but that's a bit more subtle.

we had a new girl in fifth grade and her first day she pronounced arkansas 'r kansas' and the entire class including the teacher burst out in laughter for like five minutes

Rightfully so, too. I mean, how in the world could somebody make that mistake?

But Georgia? What?

I mean, look. there are ways to pronounce a name, but then there are regional inflections that come to play. Someone calling New Orleans Nawlins doesn't qualify here. Someone calling it New Ore Leeeeens does.

So joejuh, that's somone's accent hitting the word. are there people out there calling it jor-GEE-uh or something?

kids in school used to pronounce Korea "KORR-ee-uh".

doo-doo doo-doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo-doo doo doo

are there people out there calling it jor-GEE-uh or something?

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Yes. Alison Krauss. Had no idea what the fuck she was singing on "Oh, Atlanta." "On my way back to...judge a Jew?"

leo frank joke in there somewhere

In non-pronunciation IA developments, I noticed an adult man in the gym locker room the other day who went to the effort of bringing his clothing into one of the shower stalls to get dressed. He didn't turn the shower on, just hid out there while changing.

For some reason this made me angry, or maybe just sad - how can it be so hard to just suck it up and change your clothes where a bunch of other fat / hairy / otherwise imperfect and misshapen men are also occasionally briefly naked and nobody gives a shit?