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Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2008

Michelle Obama recovers nicely from University of Nevada-Reno mispronunciation of Nevada.

"I know how to bounce back from my mistakes."

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  • Yeah but do any Southwesterner's know how to pronounce "Worcester"?

  • This one does.

    However, that would be largely irrelevant since Worcester is a New England "small city" with relatively few visitors.

    In contrast, the "state" of Nevada has over 40 million visitors each year and it is internationally well known.

    I frankly cannot remember a national news story about Worcester, MA. OTOH, Las Vegas is in the news constantly. There is frequent opportunity to hear Nevada pronounced on national TV, most often correctly, except on Fox News.

  • It was meant as a joke, since I'm pretty sure the original "correct" pronunciation isn't "Woostah", though that's the way it's said. Do you say "Missouri" as Miz-ory or Miz-ora?

  • Yes, Missouri is that true exception among the US states where residents of a large southern part of the state choose to deviate from the state's standard pronunciation. OTOH, that is not the case in either Nevada or Oregon, the two most mispronounced American states, where residents have used the same standard pronunciation for more than 100 years.

  • You will also find non-words like 'irregardless' in many dictionaries. They are still incorrect usage indicative of careless or provincial use. There are Americans who mistakenly pronounce the "s" in Illinois. Those folks are generally considered uneducated - need I say more?

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  • This video just shows that she's human like the rest of us, she has a great sense of humor and can easily correct herself when shes wrong!!! Obama'08'

  • She's so cute here. Really genuine and likable.

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  • Yeah sucka! She's so funny. =]

  • Well, if you´re gonna steal territories at least learn how to pronounce their names

  • @pete5668 Mexico= Mejico?

  • @PaulBarte yes and spelled Tejas lol

  • @pete5668 Texas= Tey-has

  • @acivilcampaign hope she enjoys it while it lasts... 'cause the dems are running away from Obama like foxes in a forest fire.

  • @PaulBarte Mizzurrah.

  • @jtayumi I saw that short a on a tourist website somewhere but I can't find it anymore.

  • short a

  • @Nevada702 Yeah you're right. I'm originally from Worcester. It's a shithole. LOL!

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