President Bush mispronounced Nevada on first visit

Las Vegas Sun ^ | Nov 26 2003 | Rovenstinez

[rovenstinez]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation of its name.

Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble.

Mispronouncing the state's name "sets people's teeth on edge," said state Archivist Guy Rocha. "He's the president, and he ought to get it right. Nothing personal."

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn't care much about the state.

"They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct," she said. "You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that."

Assemblyman Lynn Hettrick, R-Gardnerville, said the president ought to pronounce Nevada correctly, but Bush's message was more important.

"There are a lot more important things to worry about than that," he said. "The visit itself is far more important. Clearly some people will make hay out of it, and that's OK. That's the way it works."

[rovenstinez]

State Majority Leader DEEENA.....or is it DINAH Titus, is just carrying a chip on the shoulder as everyone doesn't get the Democrats name pronouned correctly. How else is a Texan supposed to say NAH VAH DA.

[Always Right]

Come on, this is series.

[BenLurkin]

That's it. He'll be a one term President for sure!

/sarcasm

[smith288]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1029512/posts

[No Blue States]

I think its pronounced Dino Titsu..

this lady need a real issue.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Already posted elsewhere. I'm just too lazy to go find out where.

[RightWhale]

That's funny. Dubya's pronunciation is always perfect. It's easy to see why this is big and worth half a dozen threads on such a busy news day.

[Paul Atreides]

How will ever recover from such a scandal? It makes Watergate look tame, in comparison. At least it gives us an idea of how desperate the media is to get W out of the White House.

[trthnjsts]

LOL, I could barely get up the strength to reply to your lazy post.

[Republicus2001]

it's Bush's fault - it always is with the Hate America First crowd

[caisson71]

Geeze, some people just have too damn much time on their hands.

[Mike Darancette]

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn't care much about the state.

Titus pronounced "Jack-Ass". That all ya got lady?

[cake_crumb]

"To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble."

"Nev-AMBLE-da?? DUH??

[exit82]

I'm from Joisey, and even we wouldn't pronounce it " Ne-veh-da".

No class.

[Orangedog]

It doesn't bother me that he mispronounced the name of a state. But it's like fingernails on a blackboard when I hear him say "nucular."

[Jack Wilson]

I was thinking 'Tight Ass'...

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Half the people in "Ne Vah Da pronounce it that way.

I think us southners need to begin parsing every word the yankees say when they come down.

There is nothing more grating on our delicate southern ears than the nauseous verbage from a freaken east coast accent. The dean creature from Vermont will have a lot to answer for down here in, "rifles in the pick up rack and the stars and bars bumper sticker country".

[Maceman]

How will ever recover from such a scandal? It makes Watergate look tame, in comparison.

How long before the media starts calling it "Nevadagate"?

[mikegi]

But it's like fingernails on a blackboard when I hear him say "nucular."

I grew up in Texas (Austin and SA) and that's how most real Texans pronounce nuclear. You aren't a region-ist are you?

[Orangedog]

Nah, just a pet peeve of mine.