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Obama Misstep: Missus O Mispronounces Nevada

Item: Obama's wife flubs Nevada, recovers/Townhall

More Info: Gambling and prostitution are nothing here _ Michelle Obama committed the real local sin by mispronouncing the name of the state. She was introducing her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, by saying how happy she was to be in Nuh-VAH-duh. The crowd at the University of Nevada Reno immediately burst into heckles. Locals don't like it when visitors pronounced the state by using a soft a, like in "baccarat." The correct pronunciation in these parts is Nuh-VAD-uh, with a hard a, like in "craps" or "blackjack."

Question: Would you care if a candidate or his/her significant other mispronounced the name of your state?



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