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Do most natives of your state mispronounce the name of the state?
Yes= Wisgonsin.
And its biggest city as well…
(Mi’waukee)
Is that really a mispronunciation if most of the natives pronounce it that way?
Do the natives say or-i-GONE when referring to a western state?
Yes = Wisconsin, Minnesota and possibly other midwestern states.
Pretty much nailed it.
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.
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).
The interstate program (federally funded) paid to install them and the same program pays for their maintenance.
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.)
Does your state have a name of which no one has ever satisfactorily/conclusively determined the etymology?
Yes = Oregon