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New York native Donald Trump's latest campaign swing through Nevada included a lecture to supporters at a rally in Reno about the correct way to pronounce the name of their state. He insists it's "Neh-VAH-da."
The Republican presidential candidate performed an exaggerated form of his preferred his pronunciation from the stage at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center Wednesday afternoon.
He declared that "nobody says it the other way."
The confused silence from the crowd mixed with a few shouts of disagreement indicated that quite a few Nevadans pronounce their home state "Neh-VAD-uh.
American Bridge, a group that supports Hillary Clinton, immediately put up a web video declaring that Trump was "looking like an idiot" for getting the name wrong
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article106164097.html#storylink=cpy
rollin74
(1,973 posts)except for virtually everyone in Reno
what a fucking idiot
almost everybody who lives here says Nev-ADD-uh. He really shouldn't lecture a crowd of locals on how to pronounce the name of their own state.
I wish I could say I'm shocked by his arrogance...but..we are talking about Donald Trump
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Ne-vad-a -- the rest of the country? Informed people know that's how it's pronounced. Anglicized Spanish terms are very common in the US. Respecting how locals use language is key. Trump? Telling an entire state that it's wrong. What an ass! Hope it cost him a few votes!
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Never heard anyone say ne-VAH-dah
Brother Buzz
(36,422 posts)I used to hear it often on national news originating from the east.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Can't tell the difference
Hamlette
(15,411 posts)I'm a lifetime resident of Utah, been to Nevada many times. Even Chris Matthews gets it right now. Took him a long time.
Shows that Trump has no interest in the US.
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Stinky The Clown
(67,798 posts). . . . familiar with, having bankrupted his share of casinos.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)Short for something that rhymes with Regina, Saskatchewan.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)ornotna
(10,800 posts)China!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,834 posts)Worth every penny of the toowityun.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)This is one of them.
I mean, honestly. Who carries on like this?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)is the only thing keeping me sane.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Asshole Trump strikes again.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Where he'd have to figure out how to say Worcester (woo-stah) or Leominster (lemon-ster).
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)riversedge
(70,204 posts)not seem to realize the correction and continued with is wrong pronunciation. funny and arrogant fool.
Cakes488
(874 posts)JohnnyLib2
(11,211 posts)JL2, native son
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)There is little that irks me more than people mispronouncing the state's name AFTER they've been informed of the correct pronunciation. Speaking as a Nevadan.
When the Spanish first came through, they named it Nevada, with Trump's poor Spanish pronunciation. The word, however, has been anglicized and is no longer the Spanish word for "snowy" and is, instead, a place name. Even the Latinos here don't say it with the ah sound.
Nevada, pronounced like the a in "Trump's an Asshole."
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Will never forget the pronunciation because of your Asshole example.
nolabear
(41,960 posts)Marc2010
(117 posts)nolabear
(41,960 posts)It's a display the likes of which most of us will never see again.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)is that, the harder he tries to lose, the more they love him
Marc2010
(117 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)who doesn't know he is stupid.
Sunny05
(865 posts)Sometimes when people react to him saying, 'How stupid does he think we are?' -- like when he tried to take credit for Pence debate with lines that were obvious "sales" attempts and then this Nevada thing -- sometimes I think it reflects his lack of intelligence.
Seriously.
I think he cannot come up with more sophisticated ways of trying to convince people to vote for him or that he's smart or that he didn't make a mistake pronouncing Nevada. There is not a higher intelligence or sophistication gear for him to shift into. And he knows that if someone else used similar lines, they would work on him.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)My friend said he loves "tack-os".
murielm99
(30,736 posts)He has an excuse.
My SIL married an Aussie. She has lived there for so long that she sounds Aussie herself.
Separation
(1,975 posts)Is always expecting a giant salad whenever she says, "yes please" to the waitresses question of, "would you like a soup or salad?"
:c)
duncang
(1,907 posts)You pronounce Florida Flori-duh. And Texas Tex -ass Before the hate comes my way I live in Texas have for almost all my life. I just think it would be great to see him make a even bigger fool of his self.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Off-topic...ya need a toe?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Akamai
(1,779 posts)bleedinglib
(212 posts)It bothers me that trump isn't talking about Social Securi-te or Medicar-ah!!
He has no interested in our social safety net !! He only cares about his image & how much vagin-ah cost !!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but it's pronounced Throatwarbler Mangrove