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Nevada

LVZ

(945 posts) Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:40 PM Feb 2019

East Coast friends cannot pronounce Nevada, Oregon ?? [View all]

Here's a good handy resource.

You can click on any name of a US state or major US, Canadian, Australian, or European city to hear the pronunciation.

https://xradio.us/start/time-place-pronounce.html

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East Coast friends cannot pronounce Nevada, Oregon ?? [View all] LVZ Feb 2019 OP

or search for the Western States for Dummies page Las Vegas Mixx Feb 2019 #1

... 2naSalit Feb 2019 #2

It's only Nev AHHH duh IF YOU SPEAK SPANISH. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #3

the Spanish pronunciation is also different from the East Coast invented mispronunciation ... Las Vegas Mixx Feb 2019 #6

I once worked for the U S Public Health Service Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #7

Nevada... Harker Feb 2019 #4

"your're not from here, are ye?" yonder Feb 2019 #5