# Correct pronounciation of the word "Arizona". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365 "2008-02-27T13:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/1 "2008-02-27T13:00:29Z")
The secretary at my school, who doesn’t speak English (or Spanish, for that matter), just corrected my pronounciation of the word “Arizona”. The A is apparently supposed to pronounced like the A in _car_ or _far_. Now you know. No, I’m not tactful enough to stop myself from snapping “don’t tell me how to pronounce Arizona” at her. Just venting. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/2 "2008-02-27T13:42:17Z")
How does she pronounce Pockystahn? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/3 "2008-02-27T13:46:22Z")
What’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/4 "2008-02-27T13:48:41Z")
It’s like the “ar” in “arid”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/5 "2008-02-27T13:49:14Z")
That’s ridicurous. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/6 "2008-02-27T13:51:49Z")
Not as bad, but as long as we’re sharing: all\* calico cats are female, not because that pattern requires two X chromosomes (as someone who knows about genetics might think), but because “the calico gene is fatal on the y chromosome”. The person who shared this \*knows \* she’s right, because she works in a pet store. :dubious: \*There are some XXY male calico cats. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/7 "2008-02-27T14:14:16Z")
Ah, yes. The state of Ah-ri-zo-na. Is that anywhere near the country of Eye-rack? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/8 "2008-02-27T14:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna] Ah, yes. The state of Ah-ri-zo-na. Is that anywhere near the country of Eye-rack? :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I believe you mean “Th’eyerack.” [Cite](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/9 "2008-02-27T14:33:09Z")
Ah yes. Ah-ri-ZO-nah. It shares the Four Corners border with OO-tah and Co-lo-RAY-do, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/10 "2008-02-27T14:42:41Z")
Being from Ont_AH_rio, Can_EH_da, I must concur. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/11 "2008-02-27T14:44:55Z")
Am I the only one getting the song “My Sharona” stuck in his head? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/12 "2008-02-27T14:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] I believe you mean “Th’eyerack.” [/QUOTE] Thigh-rack. Where you keep your thighs. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/13 "2008-02-27T14:57:30Z")
Ah-ri-zo-na. Isn’t that the state where Pa-hoe-nicks is? ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/14 "2008-02-27T15:54:23Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Ah yes. Ah-ri-ZO-nah. It shares the Four Corners border with OO-tah and Co-lo-RAY-do, you know. [/QUOTE] And New May-hee-co. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/15 "2008-02-27T16:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Ah-ri-zo-na. Isn’t that the state where Pa-hoe-nicks is? [/QUOTE] And Tuck-son, too. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/16 "2008-02-27T16:19:48Z")
Wow, all these posts, and no-one’s said: _pronunciation_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/17 "2008-02-27T16:24:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Ah-ri-zo-na. Isn’t that the state where Pa-hoe-nicks is? [/QUOTE] No the big city there is Fon-nix, after all they are hooked on it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/18 "2008-02-27T16:25:51Z")
Mark Lindsay must not be big in Bulgaria. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/19 "2008-02-27T16:34:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*There are some XXY male calico cats. Damn Kleinfelter’s kitties. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365/20 "2008-02-27T16:52:54Z")
And just east of Phone-ix in Ahrizona there is a city known as Mess-a where half a million people live. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciation-of-the-word-arizona/439365.md?page=2)