OMG does anyone check on how to Pronunce Nevada its not the Spanish Ne-vah-duh its neh-VA-duh. and when i heard that robot Slim say that i was about to scream. here want a link Obsidian so it can help you next time http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Nevada.

Used to live there (Reno). Both are valid, dude.

In 200 years and after a nuclear war, it might just change.

It's like complaining about the NCR pronunciation of Caesar.

I thought it was Neh-vah-dah....

I don't understand how the second one is supposed to be pronounced. Are you just putting the emphasis on the middle syllable or what?

It's most common in American English to emphasize the second syllable of any word. It's one of the hardest things to break when we're learning a foreign language (especially eastern languages). Id est: say "katana" to yourself. In English we say "kah-TAH-nah" but the word is pronounced "ka-ta-na" with no emphasis on the middle syllable.
In Spanish, it is pronounced "nah-va-dah" but in English we elongate the second syllable. Technically, I guess the Spanish pronunciation isn't correct because somebody was trying to get a bill to pass to append the name to be either pronunciation.
And technically, Nevada was granted statehood illegally so Lincoln could secure enough votes to secure the presidential election in a time of turmoil.

In the Southwest, there are almost always two ways of pronouncing words, since so many come straight from Spanish but get "corrupted" by English. Either way is fine by most.

Exactly. Never heard it any other way. Ne-va-da. Da as in the Russian word for "Yes" Kinda funny. Translated it kinda goes :facepalm: :confused: :tops: Eh? Va? Da.

your wrong about nevada that was west virginia that was giving state hood illegally we got ours because of the comstock silver strike.

Yeah you get all kind of funny spanglish interplays in the west ... like table mesa near phoenix (table table).

I used to love out in LA County myself. I've heard it both ways.

Could be worse. Look at the ways people pronounce Washington...

THIS > "warshingtun"

:banghead:

I live in London now so still have to wait for the release here on Steam. I grew up mostly in Seattle but spent the last 5 years before coming here in Reno. Locals most definitely pronounce Nevada with a hard 'a' in the second syllable. It's a weird quirk as it's a Spanish word and wouldn't be pronounced in that manner but it is the local way. You should hear how they pronounce San Rafael Park and Ely.

It doesn't bother me if they don't have the native pronunciation in the game as most Americans don't pronounce things as they do in Nevada.

It's both.

Just like Tomato.

It's both.

Just like Tomato.

Potatoe Potatoe Tomatoe Tomatoe Nevada Nevada

No matter how you say it, it's all the same.

Please feel free to continue ranting though.

Meh. Some of the country is named with Spanish, some with French, some with Native American... plus regional pronunciation...

I currently live in Vegas. Tourists and people who are foreign to the state pronounce it Neh-Vah-Duh, but the locals pronounce it Neh-Va-Duh. Doesn't really matter.

Most of the characters in F:NV pronounce Nevada the way that Clark County locals pronounce it.

If we trusted locals to teach us how to pronounce the place where they live, we'd all be running around saying crap like "Flor-da" and "N'orluns".

It's kind of a point of pride in America to make a place your own by finding a pronunciation for it that sounds as ignorant of the intent of the original name as possible.

Ask any Englishman visiting New England.

Im from Scotland, Iv always pronounced it Ne-Va-Da... but thats kind of my accents fault anyway

Same with Colorado. It's either pronounced "Collar-aahh-doe", like "dog collar", or "Collur-ah-doe", like the word "color". Or even "Cah-lore-ah-doe" sometimes.
Whatever, who cares. Listen to anyone from Boston- "pahk yah cah at the cahfee shop!"

What I learned from this thread...




People really have no idea how to type word pronunciation phonetics.

Wow - I always thought it was Neh-VAH-da.

If Spanish people don't use long A sounds, then how is Granada pronounced? I always said "Gran-AH-da".

@ WeBB15, nope, most people don't!

I'm only so far so I hope that's true. That's the real issue for me. If the NCR troops are using the Spanish pronuncation that's fine: [censored] Californians are always mispronouncing our state's name.

For the rest of you wondering what this correct pronunciation is, it's using a hard a, like in "apple". The incorrect "tourist" way is using the long a, like in "avocado".