Coinkydink (Rebroadcast) - 26 June 2023
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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The Mispronunciation of Nevada
When Stephen moved to North Carolina, kids on the bus would call it Nevada. "I have gotten in many a fight because I was from Nevada and I knew the way it was supposed to be pronounced," he says. He grew up in Missouri and there's a town that spelled the same, but it is pronounced Nevada. There are people from other states that have a similar problem.
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