Sunday, June 07, 2015

How To Mispronounce Colorado

I don't know when it started but somehow the pronunciation of the state name has changed. When I was a kid growing up and going to school there, everyone pronounced it Col as in doll, a as in duh, rad as in dad, o as in oh. Colorado!
    I first noticed this insidious change while watching Joe Buck announce a Bronco's game on TV. He repeatedly said Cal a raw do. I thought maybe it was just Joe Buck being ignorant as usual but when I started paying attention I realized that even the local news casters were mispronouncing it.
   Maybe since I left, (I live in Oregon now) too many Californians have moved there and changed it to Calorawdo, which is easier for them to remember.
    Don't get me started on Oar a gone!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4:07 PM

    Today the program Newshour, I heard Judy Woodruff, PBS nationally recognized television journalist and a true professional, mispronounce the state name as Col a rad ah, ending in a short 'a' sound. Judy is originally from Oklahoma. Have you ever heard this mispronunciation before? I hadn't.

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