trump tells Reno how to pronounce Nevada.

[pepperbear]

New York native Donald Trump's latest campaign swing through Nevada included a lecture to supporters at a rally in Reno about the correct way to pronounce the name of their state. He insists it's "Neh-VAH-da."

The Republican presidential candidate performed an exaggerated form of his preferred his pronunciation from the stage at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center Wednesday afternoon.

He declared that "nobody says it the other way."

The confused silence from the crowd mixed with a few shouts of disagreement indicated that quite a few Nevadans pronounce their home state "Neh-VAD-uh.

American Bridge, a group that supports Hillary Clinton, immediately put up a web video declaring that Trump was "looking like an idiot" for getting the name wrong

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article106164097.html#storylink=cpy

[rollin74]

1. "nobody says it the other way"

except for virtually everyone in Reno


what a fucking idiot

almost everybody who lives here says Nev-ADD-uh. He really shouldn't lecture a crowd of locals on how to pronounce the name of their own state.

I wish I could say I'm shocked by his arrogance...but..we are talking about Donald Trump

[LuckyLib]

7. The entire western US pronounces it

Ne-vad-a -- the rest of the country? Informed people know that's how it's pronounced. Anglicized Spanish terms are very common in the US. Respecting how locals use language is key. Trump? Telling an entire state that it's wrong. What an ass! Hope it cost him a few votes!

[ailsagirl]

16. I never knew there was another way of pronouncing it!

Never heard anyone say ne-VAH-dah

[Brother Buzz]

19. Actually, for years there was another cringe worthy pronouncement - Ne-vah-da.

I used to hear it often on national news originating from the east.

[ailsagirl]

27. Is that eastern rendition different from drump's version?

Can't tell the difference

[Hamlette]

30. me too, but they are getting better

I'm a lifetime resident of Utah, been to Nevada many times. Even Chris Matthews gets it right now. Took him a long time.

Shows that Trump has no interest in the US.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Did he also school the crowd in how to beat the house, something he's quite . . . .

. . . . familiar with, having bankrupted his share of casinos.

[Enrique]

3. he should do his next rally in China

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. I believe it's pronounced "Gynah!". nt

[AmericanActivist]

12. Lmao. And I like your tag line about gradual change in due course too. nm

[tclambert]

33. I would spell that 'gina.

Short for something that rhymes with Regina, Saskatchewan.

[northoftheborder]

14. Heh!!!!!!

[ornotna]

22. That was good.

China!

[Sunny05]

35. LMAO!

[NightWatcher]

4. Up next he'll go down south and call Coke a pop.

[pinboy3niner]

6. And then they all got a bill from Trump U. for pronunciation class

[AmericanActivist]

13. Lmao. That's a good one. nm

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. They've got the best pronuncers there.

Worth every penny of the toowityun.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. On rare occasions, I buy the "trying to lose" argument

This is one of them.

I mean, honestly. Who carries on like this?

[awoke_in_2003]

46. The "trying to lose" argument

is the only thing keeping me sane.

[stopbush]

9. Lived in Vegas for 3 years, and NOBODY says Neh-VAH-da.

Asshole Trump strikes again.

[frazzled]

10. Good thing he's not campaigning in Massachusetts

Where he'd have to figure out how to say Worcester (woo-stah) or Leominster (lemon-ster).

[rusty quoin]

44. Exactly.

[riversedge]

11. Maddow just did a segment on this. She said that after the crowd corrected him, thrump did

not seem to realize the correction and continued with is wrong pronunciation. funny and arrogant fool.

[Cakes488]

15. Trumpass Trumphole is on the loose

[JohnnyLib2]

17. Damn fool better not go back!

JL2, native son

[Nevernose]

18. He's right (300 years ago)

There is little that irks me more than people mispronouncing the state's name AFTER they've been informed of the correct pronunciation. Speaking as a Nevadan.

When the Spanish first came through, they named it Nevada, with Trump's poor Spanish pronunciation. The word, however, has been anglicized and is no longer the Spanish word for "snowy" and is, instead, a place name. Even the Latinos here don't say it with the ah sound.

Nevada, pronounced like the a in "Trump's an Asshole."

[Sunny05]

36. LMAO!

[GulfCoast66]

38. This Floridian

Will never forget the pronunciation because of your Asshole example.

[nolabear]

20. I swear he's trying to lose. I SWEAR. He can't be getting this much this wrong by accident.

[Marc2010]

24. As long as Hillary wins, which is all I care about

[nolabear]

25. Sure, but as a student of psychology I have to say this is incredible.

It's a display the likes of which most of us will never see again.

[awoke_in_2003]

47. And what is incredible to me

is that, the harder he tries to lose, the more they love him

[Marc2010]

21. How do you spell asshole? T*R*U*M*P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My advice to Trump? Keep digging, loser! n/t

[madaboutharry]

28. Trump is the kind of stupid person

who doesn't know he is stupid.

[Sunny05]

40. Oh, I have thought the same!

Sometimes when people react to him saying, 'How stupid does he think we are?' -- like when he tried to take credit for Pence debate with lines that were obvious "sales" attempts and then this Nevada thing -- sometimes I think it reflects his lack of intelligence.

Seriously.

I think he cannot come up with more sophisticated ways of trying to convince people to vote for him or that he's smart or that he didn't make a mistake pronouncing Nevada. There is not a higher intelligence or sophistication gear for him to shift into. And he knows that if someone else used similar lines, they would work on him.

[pinboy3niner]

29. Trump reminds me of a visiting Aussie friend when I suggested going for Mexican food

My friend said he loves "tack-os".

[murielm99]

34. LOL!

He has an excuse.

My SIL married an Aussie. She has lived there for so long that she sounds Aussie herself.

[Separation]

48. My Grandmother (from England)

Is always expecting a giant salad whenever she says, "yes please" to the waitresses question of, "would you like a soup or salad?"

:c)

[duncang]

31. Someone needs to tell him

You pronounce Florida Flori-duh. And Texas Tex -ass Before the hate comes my way I live in Texas have for almost all my life. I just think it would be great to see him make a even bigger fool of his self.

[tclambert]

32. I'll let Walter Sobchak explain it to him:

[pinboy3niner]

39. That's just your opinion, man

Off-topic...ya need a toe?

[pinboy3niner]

41. And then he recommended the Trump Tower Tacko Bowl...

[Akamai]

42. Get out of your surgery scrubs -- I'll take over the heart-transplant!! Don't hold me back!!!

[bleedinglib]

43. Missour-ah

It bothers me that trump isn't talking about Social Securi-te or Medicar-ah!!
He has no interested in our social safety net !! He only cares about his image & how much vagin-ah cost !!

[awoke_in_2003]

45. It's spelled Nevada

but it's pronounced Throatwarbler Mangrove