Most Mispronounced State

[Dr. Who]

As a kid? I still have to do it.

I still say Ar-Kansas in my head when I read it - force of habit.

[Cotton1]

I still say Ar-Kansas in my head when I read it - force of habit.

Arkansas was so called as it was named after the Chickasaw Indians ..
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/e...hickasaw-5436/

[jigglepete]

Nah. No "OO" for the natives. Woostah is in Ohio. Just like Boston is bah-stin. You have to get all nasal.

Hey bub, remember you're talking to native Bostonian ovah heah (LOL) I was more referencing the dropping of the R (ah) at the end

[carolina73]

Hey bub, remember you're talking to native Bostonian ovah heah (LOL) I was more referencing the dropping of the R (ah) at the end

Me too.

One of my first trips to rural America was to Oklahoma. I tired to order a hamburger and the girl kept looking at me because she could not understand what I was saying.

[pragmatic]

Nevada. According to https://bestlifeonline.com/mispronou...www.msn.com%2F

It's surprising that Nevada is the most mispronounced state, as it seems so easy when you look at the spelling. However, according to The New York Times, many people—including some politicians on the campaign trail—have incorrectly said this state's name. It's actually pronounced "Ne-VAD-uh," not "Ne-VAH-duh."

And these are the most mispronounced names of towns in the U.S. https://bestlifeonline.com/mispronou...www.msn.com%2F

To add another fun twist.

Just south of Kansas City is the small college town of Nevada, Missouri. (short distance from my hometown of Joplin.)

Pronounced: Ne-VAY-duh. with a "long a/ei".

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[Jen]

I think they should have included Puyallup , WA - pronounced Pew-Allup.
At least Sequim was there.

[Jen]

Hey bub, remember you're talking to native Bostonian ovah heah (LOL) I was more referencing the dropping of the R (ah) at the end

I have a friend in Boston whose sister's name is Paula. She calls her sister "parlor". And she also calls a living room a "paula".

I have known her 40 years and explained the error of her ways.......but she insists she's right. It's a true story. She also says that since a person "lives" in every room, that room we call a living room ......should be called a ......paula.

[Perianne]

We say Missouri (ee), some say Missourah.

[Jen]

Me too.

One of my first trips to rural America was to Oklahoma. I tired to order a hamburger and the girl kept looking at me because she could not understand what I was saying.

I live in Oklahoma and have managed to avoid that accent. My grandma was from Oklahoma and she worshed and wrenched her clothes.

[Dr. Who]

Arkansas was so called as it was named after the Chickasaw Indians ..
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/e...hickasaw-5436/

In LaSalle’s map it’s spelled Acansa from the Indian name spelled Akansea. A map based on the journey of La Harpe in 1718-1722 refers to the river as the Arkansas and to the Indians as Les Akansas (also known as the Kansas Indians). I suspect that Akansas is the plural of Akansa. The French would pronounce that 'Akansaw'. Per the original pronunciation of the tribal name, Kansas should be Kansaw or Kansea.