# Define your region (of the US) with a yes/no question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327 "2022-06-16T20:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/201 "2024-04-19T01:29:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Things haven’t been the best around chez chef of late. **{{{{{{ Chefguy…or is it ‘cookie’? }}}}}}** Wish I had enough momentum/bandwidth to jump on I80 and then I35 to deliver the {{{ }}} myself. Lifetime unlimited refills, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/202 "2024-04-19T04:44:54Z")
Do most natives of your state mispronounce the name of the state? Yes= Wis_g_onsin. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/203 "2024-04-19T04:46:49Z")
And its biggest city as well… (Mi’waukee) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/204 "2024-04-19T06:45:23Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Do most natives of your state mispronounce the name of the state? > > Yes= Wis_g_onsin. Is that really a mispronunciation if most of the natives pronounce it that way? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/205 "2024-04-19T11:40:14Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Do most natives of your state mispronounce the name of the state? > > Yes= Wis_g_onsin. Do the natives say or-i-GONE when referring to a western state? Yes = Wisconsin, Minnesota and possibly other midwestern states. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/206 "2024-04-19T11:47:16Z")
Pretty much [nailed it](https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/207 "2024-04-19T12:13:10Z")
Huh. I spend a reasonably amount of time there, and I’ve never really noticed that (re: “Wisgonsin.”) I’ll have to pay closer attention, because it seems to me really hard to catch in casual speech. “M’waukee,” though, I hear all the time and I even say it that way in my Chicago accent if I’m talking quickly. Hell, maybe it’s possible I myself say “wisgonsin,” which is why I don’t hear it in others. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/208 "2024-04-19T14:43:14Z")
To be honest, it’s halfway between Wisconsin and Wizgonsin. And I have NO idea where some people get WESS’-consin from (that’s just north of Illi-NOISE). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/209 "2024-04-19T15:13:19Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > How can these be called “interstate” highways? None of those roads lead to other states. The interstate program (federally funded) paid to install them and the same program pays for their maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/210 "2024-04-19T22:33:27Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And I have NO idea where some people get WESS’-consin from That always seems to be from non-Midwesterners; some even make it sound like WEST-con-sin (as opposed to “East Consin”?) It grates on my ears when I hear announcers on Packer games slaughter both the name of the city and the state: “GREENbay WESSconsin.” (FTR, if there’s any syllabic emphasis in “Green Bay,” it’s a slight emphasis on the second word, and both are pronounced distinctly, not as one run-together word.) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327/211 "2024-05-09T06:19:25Z")
Does your state have a name of which no one has ever satisfactorily/conclusively determined the etymology? Yes = Oregon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-your-region-of-the-us-with-a-yes-no-question/966327.md?page=10)