If I hear one more person on the radio or TV say "NevAHda", I shall scream.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

102. Yeah, that bugs me the way out-of-staters say Bangor too.

I'm from central Maine too. I guess we have a funny Mainer way of saying things. It seems like there was some decision made long ago to intentionally pronounce the names of Maine places in weird ways so it that out-of-staters would give themselves away when they try to pronounce the names. Another one I heard wrong was Topsham. Mainers say Top-sum. Out-of-staters actually pronounce Top-sham. Yeah, seems like it should be that way, but it's not. Also Range Pond... Mainers say it like Rang, like someone rang a bell. Everyone else thinks it is Range, like the kitchen appliance. That one really doesn't seem right to me, but I say it Rang, because I know that's the way everyone else says it around here. Saco... Mainers say it like Sock-o. I've heard out-of-staters say it like Say-co.