How to Pronounce the 50 States 14 American English

the pronunciation of the 50 states in

America in alphabetical order first

Alabama Alabama has four A’s in it two

are pronounced at with the lift at as in

bat and to as the schwa uh-uh-uh very

relaxed very different from how much you

have to work for the ah Alabama you can

see my mouth goes ala bama Alabama

Alaska again there’s three A’s and the

middle one has the AH as in bat and the

other two are schwa Alaska Arizona it

begins with an A but it’s pronounced as

the air as in bear being followed by the

are Arizona Arkansas this state name is

funny because it’s spelled exactly like

the state Kansas with two extra letters

on the front R however is not pronounced

at all like our Kansas it’s pronounced

Arkansas Arkansas now this state also is

a good example of sometimes in English

in a word that has a syllable that is

unstressed there is practically no vowel

sound at all our can is the middle

syllable Arkansas Arkansas it has very

little emphasis and almost no Val

whatsoever

the it’s more just like a little quick

sound before you get into the next

syllable Arkansas California this state

often the first eye is - well pronounced

cally cally it’s a it’s the relaxed a

California yeah so neither of the eyes

in this word are pronounced like a sharp

e sound

California California Colorado now

different people in the states do

pronounce this state name differently

I personally pronounce it Colorado CAW

aw this is like the aw as in law even

though it is spelled as an O kala schwa

uh raw again that aw as in law Colorado

Oh as an O is the last sound Colorado

Connecticut now this state name actually

contains the word connect but it’s not

pronounced like that within the state

name first of all the see that second C

is silent and then the T is not

pronounced as a bit more like a D

Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut

Delaware

now this state name contains the W sound

which is sometimes tricky so you have to

be careful when you watch the mouth del

love where that it comes in like that

Delaware Florida this is my home state

and actually when I was traveling abroad

and I would say oh I’m from Florida

people would say where and then they

would say Oh

Florida Florida well as you can see when

I pronounced it Florida the eye is not

even pronounced at all it’s two

syllables floor duh

however some people do bring the eye

into the mix a little bit and that is

perfectly acceptable flora flora but

it’s really not it’s own syllable it’s

not Florrie flora Florida Florida

Florida Georgia

now both the vowels that come after the

G’s in this state name the first and ii

and ii and i are not pronounced as

sounds themselves they’re there to tell

us how to pronounce the G’s so that

there’ll be a chip instead of a gut

sounds

jour

juh Georgia Hawaii now this comes not

from the English language but from the

native language of the Hawaiians Hawaii

is how we pronounce it I’m sure that in

Hawaii the Hawaiians pronounce it with a

more authentic accent but in general in

America we call this state huh

why Hawaii Idaho Idaho all of the

letters in this word are pronounced like

we would expect them to be Idaho