Not too long ago, I was watching "How the State Got their Shapes", and they had a whole segment of the show about people from Nevada bitching about people mispronouncing their state's name. Apparently, it's Ne-vad-a, not Ne-vaw-da. Oh, boo hoo. Get over it. Tell me this mister Nevadian- How do you pronounce Illinois? Because, I'd bet twenty dollars you pronounce the fucking "s".
Alright, I never took french, but I know that the "s" in Illinois is silent. Yet, no-one save the residents of the state itself, can figure this out. It's quickly becoming one of my biggest pet peeves.
Then, yesterday during observation, one of the girls was doing a report and when she said Illinois, she pronounce the "s". Is this ignorance spreading? How can it be infecting our own residents? Granted, she is twelve and I can forgive her, but if she said it, it means she's heard it from an adult in her life. Ugh! How can we be letting this happen?
I can even understand there might by a bit of confusion because there are states that end in "s" that pronounce them. Texas. Kansas. Okay. But, do you hear anyone pronouncing Arkansas, Ar-Kan-Sass? No. And, it even has the word Kansas in it-- a take that pronounces the "s".
My plea to America-- please stop pronouncing it "Illinoise".
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