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