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114. In the southwest they pronounce the tildoned n.

Wed Jan 6, 2016, 08:26 PM

Jan 2016

Try Colorado or New Mexixo. They say it right. But still, its ri coat ta. Ri cah ta sounds stupid to anyone who grew up with a basic interaction with Italian Americans.

Oh, and its Co lo Ra do as a native speaking. Only easterners call it Co lo rawdo.
We can faux pas not fox paws. Why is this so hard for some people. They want to Saxonize everything.

Almost forgot. R is a constanant not a vowel.

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