it went away we don't pronounce the S at the end till noi illinois indiana now in
this state named the middle I 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 ah iowa iowa kansas now
the last a in this state name is very much so again an unaccented syllable
kind of just like a a sound a very very quick sois it is surrounded by these two
S's the first one is voiced and the second one will be unvoiced 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 accented syllable it's almost like no
vowel at all
can-can straight from the to the kentucky kentucky kentucky louisiana
luisi and louisiana maine a one-syllable state name Mane it has the a as in say
diphthong maine maryland now it has a why 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 a schwa maryland and the last three letters la Andy spell the
word land
in English however it's really pronounced more with an a as in sit
sound Lind Lind maryland maryland massachusetts mass to sits massachusetts
michigan the CH is pronounced as the SH sound here
michigan michigan minnesota men so . the tea is not a sharp sound it's more the d
minnesota mississippi miss this is the P mississippi missouri notice the SS here
is pronounced as a Z sound voiced Missouri misery