How to Pronounce the 50 States 24 American English
Illinois we don’t pronounce the S at the
end Illinois Illinois Indiana now in
this state name the middle eye is
pronounced as opposed to Florida where
it drops out however it is pronounced
attached to the ana it’s not so much its
own stark syllable Indiana Indiana
Indiana Indiana Iowa again this state
has a W in it so be careful that your
mouth really forms that W sound I wha
Iowa Iowa Kansas now the last a in this
state name is very much so again an
unaccented syllable kind of just like a
sound a very very quick schwa it is
surrounded by these two S’s the first
one is voiced and the second one will be
unvoiced so the last syllable is thus
thus Kansas Kansas Kansas Kentucky the
first syllable of the state name has a
schwa but as it is an unaccented
syllable it’s almost like no vowel at
all can can straight from the to the MM
Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Louisiana
Louisiana Louisiana Maine a one-syllable
state named Maine it has the ay as in
say diphthong Maine Maryland now it has
a Y in it which is sometimes pronounced
too sharp as an e sound but since it is
not the accented syllable it’s much more
relaxed it’s the schwa Maryland and the
last three letters la and D spell the
word land and
lish however it’s really pronounced more
with an e as in sit
sound Lynde Lind Maryland Maryland
Massachusetts NASA - sits Massachusetts
Michigan the CH is pronounced as the
sound here Michigan Michigan Minnesota
Minnesota the T is not a sharp sound
it’s more the D Minnesota Mississippi
Mississippi Mississippi Missouri
notice the SS here is pronounced as a
sound voiced Missouri Missouri