Trump lectures Nevadans how to say state name

[EricMaundry]

New York native Donald Trump is lecturing his supporters in Nevada that their state is correctly pronounced “Neh-VAH-da.”

The Republican presidential candidate performed an exaggerated form of his preferred pronunciation from the stage of a rally in Reno. He declared that “nobody says it the other way.” But 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.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-latest-trump-lectures-nevadans-how-to-say-state-name/2016/10/05/fb7bb480-8b58-11e6-8cdc-4fbb1973b506_story.html

Donald Trump is the original Scary Clown.

[BeyondGeography]

1. They're pretty touchy about that

[bullwinkle428]

2. And the media expects this guy will sit down, shut up, and take advice as to how to

improve his performance for the second debate?

[Cakes488]

3. He said "acumen" wrong the other day...I had never heard it pronounced like that before..

thank goodness he used in a sentence (and I'll use that term loosely) because I wouldn't of know what the hell he was saying...which I guess is pretty normal anyway LOL.

[Bucky]

12. or Spanish

I'll respect the right of the locals to pronounce their state name any way they want to. But you folks got to be realistic. The "Ne-væ-da" pronunciation is, after all, a corruption of the original Spanish pronunciation. And saying "Ne-vah-da" is much closer to the original.

[Bucky]

21. I don't get a bug up my butt when people say "Tejas"

I just don't get why you people are so sensitive.

[pnwmom]

25. Do you pronounce Los Angeles like the original Spanish pronunciation?

Or do you pronounce the town of Paris, New York with the original French pronunciation?

[Maeve]

5. Next stop--Illinois to fix THEIR pronunciation!

[Bucky]

14. Especially them knuckleheads in Cairo, IL

[DemonGoddess]

28. Bourbonnais, too

and don't forget Indiana with Versailles and Milan, both mispronounced!

[oasis]

6. Donald is NEVER wrong about anything.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. It's pronounced Gina

[TeamPooka]

9. Okay Clinton ad team. Cut me 30 seconds of him saying it wrong with a little lecture in between over

over and over
Then run it in NV for the next month and share it on facebook and we can lock that state up.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. OK, at what point does he just cock punch an orphan? nt

[Bucky]

15. Probably wouldn't alter his poll numbers

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. I don't know. If the orphan is white. It might be frowned upon by some. Not many, but some. nt

[bettyellen]

20. White with a penis- yes they might care about that. Maybe.... If it was the firstborn

And they're not totally high on meth.

[Buns_of_Fire]

24. Let's wait and see if he whips out anything during the next debate, first. nt

[Coyotl]

11. Please remember, you cannot shoot random clowns.

[Bucky]

16. What if it's a black clown?

Don't you suspect very different rules apply then?

[underpants]

29. That repsonse is hilarious

[Dem2]

13. What a maroon!

[nadine_mn]

18. I lived in Nevada for 1 yr as a kid

and even I know its Ne-vadd-ah

I feel the urge to throat punch people (esp journalists) who keep saying Ne -vah-da

[pinboy3niner]

22. Can he pronounce 'Madam President'?

[Cha]

23. lol you win!

[krispos42]

26. I pronounce it like Trump does

I think it's a regional accent thing. I'm in Connecticut.


Putting that much emphasis on the middle syllable and giving it a long "a" sound feels unnatural. Like I'm putting on a western accent from a movie.

I'm not dumb enough to lecture the state residents on the "proper" way to pronounce it, though.

[Retired George]

27. He insulted his way to the Nomination

The presidency is quite another matter.

[lapfog_1]

30. Really, it's all part of his political AHH-cumin.

[tavernier]

31. One word

Biloxi