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