How to Pronounce the 50 States 3 of 4 American English

the 50 states part three of four Montana

Montana this one starts with the aw as

in law this second and accent in

syllable has the add as in bat and then

the schwa Montana Nebraska again it is

the middle syllable that is accented and

again it is the at as in bat sound

Nebraska Nevada I should say that some

people pronounce this Nevada with the as

in bat I pronounce it as an AH as in

father Nevada again it is the middle

syllable here that is accented state

names with the word new it is written as

a separate word but when it is spoken it

sounds like the same word because it’s

brought so close together New Hampshire

New Hampshire now this ending SH ir e in

British English would be pronounced

Shire but here it is sure straight into

the

sound New Jersey here the first syllable

though unaccented is the Oh as in boo

and the last syllable also though

unaccented is the e as in she so neither

of them are schwa sounds New Jersey New

Mexico here Mex is the accented syllable

and the ex is pronounced with these two

sounds New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico

New York now this new state name

especially sounds like one swooping

sound to me New York the yet consonant

can be hard for some people remember

that the sound starts really far down

here yeah as opposed to here e as in she

York York New York North Carolina now

again this state name is two words but

to me it has a little bit more of a feel

that it is two separate words North

Carolina North Carolina

North Dakota now here again the th for

North kind of has a quick break before

you go into the next word North Dakota

duh being a schwa Co the Oh as in no

diphthong duh North Dakota so notice

that it is spelled with a t2 bit is

pronounced duh North Dakota Ohio this

state name only has four letters but it

is full of diphthongs O the O as a no

then the H sound then the AI as in buy

diphthong and again the Oh as in no

diphthong

oh hi Oh Ohio Oklahoma both the O’s in

this state name are Oh as in no

diphthong and both of the A’s are choise

oak la home uh Oklahoma Oregon

some people do pronounce this Oregon

with the OO as in father ending I

pronounce it Oregon and this gun

syllable the unaccented ending in an N

takes on no real vowel sound of its own

it’s more good straight to mm gun Oregon

Pennsylvania the beginning of this state

name is just like the noun pencil though

it’s spelled differently Pennsylvania

they the ay as in say diphthong yeah

which is from the N quickly into the EE

as in she before it goes into the schwa

Leah yeah Pennsylvania