Nevoda

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.[/nq]
"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even thoug

[nq:1]"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even though that's how people from Nevada say it.[/nq]
Interestingly, there is a town in Missouri named Nevada and they pronounce it nuh-VAY-duh. I guess it's like a name: if it's your name, you can pronounce it

[nq:1]Interestingly, there is a town in Missouri named Nevada and they pronounce it nuh-VAY-duh.[/nq]
There's another city like that... ... dunno.

The name of Houston Street in Manhattan is pronounced /'h&wst@n/. I'm so used to this pronunciation that if I see the name out of context I'll read it that way. (That is, if I see it in the cntext of Texas I may not, but if I see it on the

[nq:2]"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not ... Yes, even though that's how people from Nevada say it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Interestingly, there is a town in Missouri named Nevada and they pronounce it nuh-VAY-duh. I guess it's like a name: if it's your name, you can pronounce it how you like.[/nq]
How's about 'NuhVAYdy'?
Mike.

[nq:1]There's a street here called Gravois whcih I'm fairly certain I hear locals pronounce /'gr&vloj/.[/nq]
A few pronounciations are common:
GRAV-oy
GRAV-oyz (mostly south-side hoosiers)
[nq:1]And I've definitely heard Bellefontaine pronounced /,bEl'f&w?n/ as if it were spelled Bellfountain.[/nq]
Generally, St. Louisians tend take a French place name and unFrenchify the prono