Pronounce the 50 US States Just Like an American 🇺🇸
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2019
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If you're traveling to the US, or you'd like to travel to US, then you should know how to pronounce the name of the states you're visiting. So let's clearly pronounce each state's name while showing you the phonetic spelling and the symbols from the international phonetic alphabet (IPA).
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The best video about american's State names that I've seen until now. It's well- done job, because It has pronounce and phonetic transcripition that make us to understand them . I am from Brazil, and I like to watch your videos.
Thanks Jose. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
The best vídeo about states names I've seen! Well done job! From 🇧🇷.
I'm from Brazil, but my older son has been living in The U.S.A. for 10 years. The last three years he is living in Alphareta, close to Atlanta. Every now and then I have been to Atlanta, a great and gorgeous city. I love watching your English classes on CZcams. I learned a Lot with You and with your wife as Well!!!
Thanks so much for your comment Jose. We're glad you enjoy our lessons. We visit Atlanta often because my brother and his wife live there. Hope you have a great day! 😃
People from Nevada and the states around it tend to pronounce it "neh-VAD-uh" with a short "a" sound rather than an "ah" sound. Great video though. New Mexico is actually quite cold most of the time. Perfect pronunciation of Oregon by the way.
Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍
They don't just tend to... thats how it's pronounced. The short a is the only way.
@@timewarpdrive77 Agreed. Anyone who argues "ne-VOD-uh" must be the correct pronunciation because "that's how it's said in the original Spanish" needs to also 'correct' their pronunciation of Florida, Colorado, California, Montaña, Tejas and any other state named by the Spaniards. XD
That's how we pronounce it in WI.. long A sounds pretentious
Just like Alabama, Alaska, Arizona all have multiple “a”’s and they are not pronounced the same throughout the word.
I am into Minnesota. I know it has freezing cold winter time with lots of snow, but I had strong interest in 5 great lakes of USA. When my elementary school teacher introduced great lakes in USA, I started dreaming of visiting, exploring and even living there.
Thanks for sharing! I used to live in Minnesota when I was a young kid. I don't remember much except for the crazy amount of snow that would pile up in our cul de sac. 😃
The Great Lakes region has some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet. I'm sure they'd love to have you.
I've been to NYC for 2 weeks it was AWESOME!!! Actually NYC city is my fav city in the whole world. And now for some reasons I want to visit Tennessee so bad.
Interesting little tidbit. The original name for Rhode Island until 2020 was Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. The providence plantations was drop with an amendment to the states constitution. Also, officially, Massachusetts is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts not the state of.
As an Oregonian: good job! I was expecting to be somewhat disappointed, but you did well. If I were to critique anything, it'd be to put even less stress on the last syllable.
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. Have a good one! 👍
Ooooooooo
Pronounced the same as "organ", as in church organ.
I´m from Brazil and I just watched this excellent video. Thanks! I have been styding English for 3 years and I want to improve my English. So I´ll watch your videos whenever possible.
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This video is what I've been longed for to watch for years. Thank you so much!!!
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Hi wees, i thank you so much for your english lessons and for answering my commentaries, you are one of the few english techers who give themselves a time to answer commentaries. Have an amazing week. Greetings.
We love getting your comments Ruben. We try to answer as often as we can. As the channel gets larger, it gets more difficult. But we'll keep trying. 👍
Thank you so much for your great patience to tell those names!
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Good morning, Wes. Last January I visit the state of Connecticut where my brother lives (the smallest city of Derby) . I enjoyed so much. There are many beautiful places..the nature is wonderful..parks, waterfall, trails etc.
Very cool Marcelo. Thanks for sharing with us Connecticut is a beautiful state. 😊
Great lesson, Wes. Pretty useful, loved it! Thanks a million!
Glad to hear it! Thanks for commenting. 👍
Thank you for that nice video, as an Egyptian learning English that video has helped me a lot to pronounce states the right way :)
Glad to hear that. Thanks for your comment Mostafa. Hope you have a great day! 😊
@@InteractiveEng thanks . Hope the same to you
I am so glad you pointed out that the name of my home state, Illinois, is pronounced with the final 's' being silent. Even some Americans pronounce it wrong.
He then went on to pronounce Nevada wrong... What a fool.
You can do a video with the name of the capital of each state. So, both state-capital and its pronunciation. Or even better, the main cities in each state. I like the way you teach.
I just want to thank you for this video. I live in Maryland and lots of people mispronounce it. I am not one of those people who get really mad if you mispronounce it, I could care less, but I hope this helps people so other people don't get mad at them for mispronouncing it.
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. Yes, hopefully this will help clear up some pronunciation mistakes. 😊
I ' m very Happy ! Very delighted by this Topic of Pronounciation ! Thank you Sir !
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I 've visited California and NYC I loved it! I could totally live in the US 🇺🇸❤️🗽
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Thank you for this very interesting video great topic👍🏼 i learned beside how to pronounce the names of the States a fact or more about each State. As for Arizona it got most beautiful skies i’ve ever seen🌈
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Thanks for the lesson.
It was really useful.
It will be great if you can take us through the pronunciation of The Union Territories of America
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Thank you so much!Your lessons are very interesting .You help me a lot!My name is LIVIUT,and I’m from Romania!
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Thanks for the energy. Great job
Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
I have been to Australia,it was an incredible journey for me I enjoyed a lot ,I visited so many happening and awesome places.....and thank you for made this interesting video and have a great time 😊😊
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. We haven't been to Australia yet, but it's on our list. 👍
I've been to: Oregon( very green, ocean coast, multnomah falls, lakes), Washington, California.
Those are some great spots. Thanks for sharing with us. 😃
Very useful thank you I always feel tough to pronounce the us states now I'm okay with pronounciation
Fantastic video
Good luck for you
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
So which US state would you like to visit? 🇺🇸 Let us know. And thanks for checking out the lesson. 🎉
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Iwould like visit to New Jersey "
Noo jur zee "it's so amazing 😍,,
I’m most an “Asian countries” person. 😅
@@Franciscoluche no matter where in the world we live🙏🙏🙏 😊
I live in Illinois, I would like to visit California because there are many beautiful places and the weather is very nice over there.🤩
Your english lessons are very useful for me , specially this video and the videos about American slangs , please
Make more videos about new american slangs🙏🙏 ..
and thank you very much ..
Thank you, that will be great!👍
Excellent lesson!!
I've been to Texas and Illinois - Chicago, the Windy City ❤️
Hi Nora. Thanks for sharing with us. The Windy City is a very cool place. I've only been there once, but I'd like to go back. 👍
I came here bcz i have a training from my job to know all the states name and abbreviations
Thanks a lot it’s really help me alot, definitely will be the faith watcher 😊
Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for your comment. 😊
I'd like to visit OH, IN, MI, TX and FL someday, since I have friends there. I really think the US is a great and interesting country with many places to explore. I can't wait
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us David. Those are some great spots that you mentioned. 😊👍
I've been in the USA for almost two years, pursued. my master degree at Washington, DC. I live in Rockville, Maryland, so I have to go back and forth from my apartment to campus in DC. It was a great experience in my whole life.
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I would love to go to Vermont, it's peaceful. They've amazing trees also I would love to try out their maple syrup. 🍁
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. :)
Brother thanks a lot that was very helpful . God bless you
Thankyou so much for making this video.its been a great help 😇👍👍👍 highly appreciable
Thanks Pooja. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Why am i watching this? I live in america.... im still watching it though
I wanna make friends with Americans, so that we can talk
Sadananda Yumkhaibam nice
Hi you so beutiful
Same lol I was just waiting for my state and he pronounced it the wrong way :((
@@alistairt7544 what is your state
Thank you professors, You're great!!
Thank you! 😃
Dude I will never know the difference taxes & Texas
Yes, that's a common pronunciation challenge (short A vs short E sounds). Perhaps we'll do a lesson on this in the future. 👍
Como decimos en España, en el término medio está la virtud. Hace milenios que los lenguajes civilizados como latín y griego adoptaron las cinco vocales clásicas. No es bueno un número menor como en árabe ni un número mayor como en inglés. Ahí está el problema.
Well! They don't pay taxes in Texas😀😂
@@queenesthergaming1 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I really need it! Thanks teacher💖
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Hii Wes thnanks so much for your work I appreciate it. My name is Sara I’m from Spain but I’m living in Seattle cuz I’m au pair , I have been living in Connecticut and sant Louis and for me the mid west people is awesome! Thanks for your attention
*Me crossing my fingers that he pronounces "Nevada" the right way, not like those East Coasters... And he said it incorrectly. 😭
It's /nɪˈvædə/, the "va" is pronounced with a wide vowel "a", like in the word "apple". The phonetic symbol you provided was correct "æ" but you pronounced it wrong 😔
Here's a good example of reporters from New York pronouncing it correctly.
czcams.com/video/hFnT8OI81mU/video.html
I was hoping the same, LOL! :-)
I am from Connecticut. I do not pronounce Nevada the way he does, but the way you do. The East Coast is a long - well- coast.
it is indeed Neh VAH dah
because it is originally Spanish
Thank you so much for this entertaining lesson 👏🙂.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment. 😊
Thanks Wes teacher really apreciate your course
Hi Lucas. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for commenting & have a great day. 😊👍
Just learned Virginia and West Virginia are 2 different states! Used to think West Virginia in the song"Country road" was western part of Virginia. Funny I came to learn the pronunciation and ended up learning geography as well!
Which was once named after Queen Elizabeth the 1st
Are you aware of the Civil War? Originally, West Virginia was part of Virginia. When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the mountaineers in the West were not happy. They met in Wheeling, declared that they were the legitimate government of Virignia, and passed a resolution dividing the state in two, the State of Virginia and the State of West Virginia. Congress consented to the division. After the Civil War was over, the State of Virginia objected to the division, but the United States Supreme Court ruled otherwise. Okay, said Virginia, but then West Virginia needs to pay its share of the public debt as it existed in 1861. That litigation was not resolved until 1915. West Virginia finally paid the debt off in 1939. All this might explain why West Virginia is one of the poorest regions in the country.
@@markrich7693 Once named? It still is. Virginia is a reference to Virgin Queen, a name given to Queen Elizabeth I. Whether she actually was or not, we do not know.
@@shirtless6934 Thanks for the history knowledge
this video helped me alot thank you
Glad it helped! 😊
Great Britain also has its own 'surprises' in pronunciation of geographical names: Thames (TEMZ); Leicester (LESS-tuh); Worcester (WOO-stuh); Edinburgh (EH-din-bruh/EH-din-buh-ruh);... What to say about Yosemite (yoo-SEH-muh-tee)? One can't rely on English spelling at all.
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so pretty good idea to give a state- pronuntation class !!
Thanks Leticia. Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day! 😊
Great informative Video. Thanks a lot.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your comment. 😃
I visited Denver Colorado, New York, Tulsa Oklahoma, Santa fá New Mexico and Atlanta Georgia.
Hi Mohamed. Thanks so much for commenting & sharing with us. Hope you have a great day. 👍
I’m from Peru and I’ve lived in NJ and NY. Winter is terrible in the North, that’s what I moved to Houston,TX. Some day We would to go to Colorado, they say they have beautiful mountains.
I lived in Marietta, GA for a little while.
I've heard good things about Minnesota..
Although i like geography, there are many states that i hear for the first time.
Sometimes, a basketball club is more famous than the state itself like Utah jazz.
I've always dreamed of visiting the US and if i have the chance to go there i will visit New York city and San Francisco city but i think it's just an impossible dream.
Thanks so much for sharing with us. New York and San Francisco are two great spots. Hope you get to visit some day. 😊👍
Thank you for telling us this pronunciation
Most welcome. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
Great pronunciation! Very helpful.
Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍
Thanks sir, this is very much helpful.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😊
Thanx for the lesson! Really Nice! Now I know how to pronounce them correctly.
Thanks Olivia. Glad you enjoyed this pronunciation lesson. Have a great day! 🎊
I really enjoyed this lesson!
I'd like to visit the state of Maine. I have seen beautiful pictures from there.
Hi Cristina. Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. Maine is a gorgeous state, especially during the fall when the leaves change color. I did some hiking there and it was incredible. 😊
I have been to 47 states
Wow amazing💛
Thanks so much i learned so quickly and this video helped me soo much
Thanks alot😊
Thanks so much! I appreciate it. 👍
Thanks for this useful video. This was what I needed to know. One of my dreans is to visit the state of California. San Francisco must be a wonderful city. My best wishes from Spain. Wish I could visit the U.S soon
Jennifer Maria Deniz I’m a former resident of the Bay Area in California and San Francisco is indeed a wonderful city! I hope you get a chance to visit there soon!!
I am from Bangladesh.
I learn all the states name from your video.
Thank you very much
Thanks and welcome. 😃
lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for 6 years... Go Blue!!!
Nice. We've never been to Ann Arbor, but we've heard it's a cool place. Thanks for sharing with us. 😊
I, ve been in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Thanks for commenting & sharing! 👍
You helped me a lot. So many thanks. Could you teach us U.S. common military words
Thanks so much for commenting Ali. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. We'll keep that in mind for a future lesson. 😊
I lived in Gadsden, AL 13 years ago, when I went to the USA as an exchange student. It was one of the best experiences in my life. I'd like to go back there to see how GSCC is now and go back in time. Bye Wes!
What's up Fabio? Wow, we've never been to Gadsden. That must have been a unique American experience. Thanks for sharing with us. 😃👍
I have seen English movie Mechanas Gold , filmed in Colorado . Kentucky chicken was favourite food . So many states wao !! Very interesting lesson . Thanks 🙂
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. We haven't seen that movie, but Colorado is a great state. I miss the mountains. 😊
Kansas state reminds me of the idiom we're not in kansas anymore
good idea man keep it up!
Thanks Mustafa. Glad you enjoyed the pronunciation lesson. Have a great Tuesday! 😊
One thing I notice with US tourists coming to the UK is that they pronounce the "shire" in counties like Cheshire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire etc like "sheer" or "shire", but they always get Hampshire correct; now I know why! (The "shire" part is always supposed to be pronounced like New Hampshire). Oh, and by the way, Debyshire is DArby-shur, and Worcestershire is Wooster-shur (oo as in book), just for reference.
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That’s strange to me because that’s not how we Americans pronounce Worcestershire sauce. At least not the ones I know. It might be the region.
Thanks it helped me.
Glad you enjoyed the lesson Akash. 👍
I have been to 29 states and D.C in US. My favorite state is Alaska, the last frontier.
Wow...you've been all over the US. And completely agree. Alaska is an amazing state. 😊
i have traveled to minnesota,south Dakota,Texas,really awesome places, i often go to Arizona because is close where i live,i would Like to travel to alabama its really my dream.
Thanks for sharing with us Leticia. Hope you get to visit Alabama some day. 😃
@@InteractiveEng Thanks
I've always dreamt of visiting the Big Apple or New York. I want to see myself having a walk around the Time Square and be amazed by watching the skyscrapers. I'd like to visit, California, Miami, Massachusetts, and Nevada.
Thanks for commenting & sharing with us Michel. Hope you get to visit NYC. It's a pretty incredible place. 👍
Come visit Nevada! It's a different landscape and it's not humid here. I live in Reno though so you might only get to visit Las Vegas cause it's the more popular city. But Las Vegas is in Southern Nevada and it's very different from Northern Nevada. We have snow-capped mountains, pine tree forests and Lake Tahoe up north 😉
Very helpful
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We went to Miami and Las Vegas one month during 4 years.
With my wife we love USA.
That's great! Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
I've been to California, Nevada, Florida as well as New York states. I've also visited Washington D.C once but I wasn't sure which state it was supposed to be. It seems quite confusing between capital Washington DC and Washington state. Because as I know, Washington state is located on the west coast of America whilst DC is on the east. I've been looking forward visiting Alaska by cruise ship from Vancouver or Seattle someday.
Thanks so much for sharing with us. You've been to some cool places. And a cruise to Alaska sounds amazing. It's such a beautiful state. Have a great day! 😃👍
wow how old r u teacher? just amazing you have the best teaching skill ever that i experienced.
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Alabama - AL
Alaska - AK
Arizona - AZ
Arkansas - AR
California - CA
Colorado - CO
Connecticut - CT
Delaware - DE
Florida - FL
Georgia - GA
Hawaii - HI
Idaho - ID
Illinois - IL
Indiana - IN
Iowa - IA
Kansas - KS
Kentucky - KY
Louisiana - LA
Maine - ME
Maryland - MD
Massachusetts - MA
Michigan - MI
Minnesota - MN
Mississippi - MS
Missouri - MO
Montana - MT
Nebraska - NE
Nevada - NV
New Hampshire - NH
New Jersey - NJ
New Mexico - NM
New York - NY
North Carolina - NC
North Dakota - ND
Ohio - OH
Oklahoma - OK
Oregon - OR
Pennsylvania - PA
Rhode Island - RI
South Carolina - SC
South Dakota - SD
Tennessee - TN
Texas - TX
Utah - UT
Vermont - VT
Virginia - VA
Washington - WA
West Virginia - WV
Wisconsin - WI
Wyoming - WY
Perfect teacher
Thanks so much! 😃
Thnx teacher cuz u helped me a lot
Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
excellent lesson
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Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍
Great one
Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
As a European, the two strangest pronunciations are of course 'Arkansas' (which is clearly not Kansas preceded by Ar-) and Maryland (Mary part, but especially the 'land' part is not like the normal land.....)
Great! I'd like to visita California and Florida.
Could you make a similar video about the capitals of the American states?
Hi Artur. Thanks for sharing with us. And that's a great idea. We'll keep that in mind for a future lesson. 👍
I wish I could cross all States... Someday I will)) Thanks for the lesson ✌️
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Remember to say Nevada correctly.... The fool in this video says it completely wrong.
Warm regards from Brazil!!!!!! Best wishes! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much! 😃
Great job.
I really appreciate it. Thanks for your comment. 😊
At least this guy didn’t say O-ree-gawn. Usually done by those who mispronounce Colorado with “raw” and Nevada with “vaw”.
But locals say Or-gun. Very little to no middle syllable by the locals.
Love this
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I used to read Illinois as ilin-wa. Thanks man 😁
You bet! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
Hi Wes great video
This video is very helpful to me
Thanks a lot 🇧🇷
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@@InteractiveEng thank you and you too
Wes teacher... Thank you for teach me.
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I love your classes. ❤❤
That's great! Thanks so much. 😊
Nice helpful video
11:29 as an Oregonian, I was waiting most of the video to make sure you didn’t pronounce "gon" like it is in "polygon" like they do in Wisconsin and Michigan (my extended family is from MI and WI and it annoys the hell out of me)
Thank a lot Dear, really appreciated.
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@@InteractiveEng : I wish you the same too.
i like this video so much thanks Wes
Glad you enjoyed the lesson & found it useful. 😊
Thanks!
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Thank you for the information! I would like to visit the state of New York and California.
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