part 4 of 4 on the 50 state names rhode island as you probably know the s an
island is silent
rhode island again it is a two-word state name and the D in Rhode very
softly connects to the Island Rhode Island Rhode Island South Carolina just
as in North Carolina after the $DAY th there is a very slight break south
carolina south dakota again there is a bit of a break after the $DAY th it's
not to do South Dakota and again the tea here in dakota is pronounced as addy
dakota tennessee the first e is the as in bed sound
the second is a very quick as in sit it is unaccented and then we finish off
with the e as in she Tennessee Texas the as in bed followed by the sounds of the
X then a schwa texas texas utah the first part of this state name is the
word you as in you this beginning why continents down can be difficult
yeah yeah remember that it starts not just hear that would be the e as in
sheet but down here de and you bring it up you
utah vermont this begins with the sound which really needs to be obvious here
because it is the beginning of the word em so make sure you're voicing that with
their vocal cords Vermont Vermont Virginia also starts with this sound
virginia now it ends
yeah the same way as Pennsylvania yeah
mm he isn't she very quickly into the schwa yeah yeah
virginia washington starting with the W so the
mouth must be very small when you start wall and then opens up into the hall as
in father washington e asn't she washing 210 west virginia again the mouth must
start very small for the what West now Virginia the emphasis was on gin West
Virginia the emphasis is on west wisconsin where it as in sit call all as
in law some kind of schwab really more straight to the sound wisconsin wyoming
this state name starts with the word why though it's not spelled the same why
with the AI as in buy diphthong
oh as in no diphthong Wyoming e es and she into the m ng sound Wyoming