the pronunciation of the 50 states in America in alphabetical order first
Alabama Alabama has 4 a's in it to a pronounced at with the lift at as in bat
and to as the schwa a very relaxed very different from how much you have to work
for the at Alabama you can see my mouth goes
ala bad ma alabama alaska again there's 3 a's and the middle one has the at as
in bat and the other two are SWA alaska arizona
it begins with an a but it's pronounced as the air as in bear being followed by
the are arizona arkansas this state name is funny because it's spelled exactly
like the state Kansas with two extra letters on the front are however is not
pronounced at all like our Kansas
it's pronounced Arkansas Arkansas
now this state also is a good example of sometimes in english in a word that has
a syllable that is unstressed there is practically no vowel sound at all are
can I couldn't is the middle syllable Arkansas Arkansas
it has very little emphasis and almost no value whatsoever
the it's more just like a little quick sound before you get into the next
syllable arkansas california this state often the first I is too well pronounced
cali cali it's it it's the relaxed a caliph for ya
yeah so neither of the eyes in this word are pronounced like a sharp
e sound california california colorado now different people in the state's do
pronounce the state named differently
I personally pronounce it colorado call
ah this is like the aw as in law even though it is spelled as no call the
schwa a raw again that all as in law
colorado Oh as a no is the last sound colorado connecticut now this state name
actually contains the word connect but it's not pronounced like that within the
state name
first of all the see that second see is silent and then the tea is not
pronounced as a bit more like a d-conn did
a cut Connecticut Connecticut Delaware
now this state name contains the W sound which is sometimes tricky so you have to
be careful when you watch the mouth
della where that it comes in like that
Delaware Florida
this is my home state and actually when I was traveling abroad and i would say
oh I'm from Florida people would say where and then they would say oh
florida florida well as you can see when i pronounce it Florida
the eye is not even pronounced at all
it's two syllables floor duh
however some people do bring the eye into the mix a little bit and that is
perfectly acceptable
flora flora but it's really not its own syllable
it's not Florrie flora Florida Florida Florida Georgia now both the vowels that
come after the g's in this state name the first and II and the second and i
are not pronounced as sounds themselves they're there to tell us how to
pronounce the geez
so that they'll be a ship instead of a gun sound your jaw
georgia hawaii now this comes not from the English language but from the native
language of the Hawaiians Hawaii is how we pronounce it
I'm sure that in Hawaii the Hawaiians pronounce it with a more authentic
accent but in general in America we call this state
huh why
I hawaii idaho idaho all of the letters in this word are pronounced like we
would expect them to be
idaho