Governor: “coloRADo” Newscaster: “There you heard it, coloRAWdo.”
@bbaattttyy333
4 жыл бұрын
Colorado is RAD. I'm from Denver and everyone i know there says ColoRADo
@Victo-3r
2 жыл бұрын
No it’s rah. You probably think that because you live in Denver. Denver is the most disgusting annoying and dumb place here.
@MiniMeowriella_
2 жыл бұрын
I was born in Colorado and I pronounced it ColoRADo my whole life, my parents were from California and always said ColorAWDO. I moved to florida and grew up more here but I definitely still say ColoRADo 😂
@danieljorden-hm3yf
Жыл бұрын
i say coloRADo too !!
@skylervanhorne8329
9 ай бұрын
Definitely Rad-o. Only recent transplants say RAWdo. Helps me differentiate
@martyjackson4166
5 жыл бұрын
Colo-rad-o. All you people coming in to our amazing state better get it right.
@sarahmartin5251
5 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking of moving to your great state from Alabama. My dad called it Codder-rada... I call it Color-ado like avocado. I don't want to offend the locals and I want to make my neighbors into new friends. Lol looking for the most common way to say it. My accent will probably give me away for a while until I lose it. Hopefully my kids will adjust quickly. Peace!✌
@donnamichelerichey2878
5 жыл бұрын
Rhymes with avocado, everything else sounds so country bumpkin.
@martyjackson4166
5 жыл бұрын
Sarah Martin haha I mean, you probably won’t offend anyone by saying Colorado like an avocado... but really, you should be saying Colo-RAD-o (like RAD). That’s how pretty much everyone who was born here says it
@martyjackson4166
5 жыл бұрын
DonnaMichele Richey It’s not “country bumpkin.” It’s just the right way XD
@sethlangston181
5 жыл бұрын
And who's to decide the pronunciation of the state? Hmm?
@realstatistician
9 ай бұрын
As a Utahn, I say Call-uh-rad-oh, the way he said the natives say it. That’s how all the native Utahns say it, so I looked this up to find out why everyone else says it so messed up.
@Rogue_Centurion
8 ай бұрын
As an eastern Coloradan, I pronounce it as a mix between RAD-do and ROD-do
@osivot
Ай бұрын
@@Rogue_Centurion I grew up in Sterling and I never heard anyone say Colo-ROD-o.
@Rogue_Centurion
Ай бұрын
@@osivot I mean I lived in the south east corner near Lamar. Most people there pronounce it Call-uh-rawd-do
@Rogue_Centurion
Ай бұрын
@@osivot but also I did used to say RAD-do but I speak more Spanish than English so my pronunciation changed
@peculiarjohn6900
4 жыл бұрын
Cherry Creek, Boulder, Aspen (owning class), Vail (owning class): Colo-RAH-do Pueblo, Commerce City, Empire, Alamosa: Colo-RAD-o Basically, it's a class thing.
@notthefather3919
3 жыл бұрын
So what is Standard Colradoan?
@dysparia915
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! I was born and raised in Boulder, but I say Colo-RAD-o. I study linguistics, and from the large majority that I have interviewed regarding our state's name, who was born and raised (after 2000) in Boulder say Colo-RAD-o. However, my father, born and raised in Boulder, says Colo-RAH-do. Thank you for this insight regarding classes! This gave me a new topic to study!
@Azzazpimp
2 жыл бұрын
yeah I tend to see Americans using the “ah” sound in words where it’s optional as pretentious
@bretwrightnastyauthor
2 жыл бұрын
Nope, not at all about "class." That's entirely incorrect.
@gaila.9852
Жыл бұрын
@@Azzazpimp How is saying “rah” pretentious? It is a lot closer to the Spanish pronunciation than “rad.”
@eleanorswan2288
2 жыл бұрын
The correct pronunciation of Colorado just like the correct pronunciation of Nevada. Add, not Odd.
@revs1756
5 жыл бұрын
im a giraffe!!!!!!!
@Laz3rCat95
2 жыл бұрын
I've always said the a as in "cat" for the first a in both Colorado and Nevada.
@DC-bp3lv
5 жыл бұрын
My grandpa who is from Colorado but he left to Washington he calls it Colorada The plains version
@skylane807
8 ай бұрын
"Washington the state, district, or one of the several counties, cities or towns?
@bigboytoni3657
5 жыл бұрын
Colo-RAD-o
@Briebabcock8052
2 жыл бұрын
I've always spoken it the plains version as Colorada not Colorado no matter the combo. Born and bred Coloradan with family roots goin back to 1906. Yet mom's side is heavily southern (Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabaman) with a little Plains mixed in.
@CandidZulu
5 жыл бұрын
John Denver has planted Colo-rah-do so deep that it don't matter that many locals say Colo-ray-doh, it wil be Colo-rah-do for most newcomers. When I Iived in Lakewood, I do not ever remember this being an issue!? Awesome place, miss it!
@Dontbustthecrust
5 жыл бұрын
Casa Bonita, Casa Bonita!
@jeffw1267
2 жыл бұрын
John Denver actually pronounced it two different ways in that song. I guess Colo-RAH-do sounded better in the chorus.
@bb1111116
Жыл бұрын
I’ve sung that song (Rocky Mountain High) many times, recently at a class reunion, and like John Denver I use the AH sound for the a in Colorado (like the a in avocado, taco or tostada). It fits the voice better.
@addisonridermusic
4 жыл бұрын
This is so interesting. I spent ten years of my childhood growing up in Colorado Springs. I've always pronounced it Colo-ROD-o and never thought twice about it. WEIRD.
@taxisteve929
7 ай бұрын
Watching biography, Dow and Jones, and a historian pronounced it rad. I’ve always used rod, and figured it might be a regional thing with the pronunciation. Thanks for all this fun information!
@spacerx
Жыл бұрын
I've never, ever heard anyone say Colorado to rhyme with Gatorado. That's hilarious that that so-called "pioneer" pronunciation was ever a thing, but I think it's been long gone. Even old-timers didn't say that when I was a kid, and I'm over 50.
@tomcunniffe7435
4 жыл бұрын
When I was in 4th grade (about 1970) our class studied the history of our state. I remember that the textbook said "rah, rah, rah for Colo-rah-do". I've used that as a guide ever since.
@sallydale2665
5 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Washington state ( not Warshington) for 50 years. I grew up in Colorado and it was always "ColoRADo. Also Canon City has an ~ above the first n. It's Canyon, not Cannon. Just sayin.
@jameskerr2812
4 жыл бұрын
I live in Washington State and will likely never leave there; I grew up in Colorado annunciating it the same: Colo-rad-o.
@Xenthera
5 жыл бұрын
I'm from Colorado and me and my family and everyone I basically ever knew that was a native pronounces the a like in "at". Joining the navy and living around the country, everyone else pronounces the a like in "ah". They then proceed to tell me I'M wrong... lol what
@trevor_corey8037
2 жыл бұрын
Yea it’s weird, I always heard it pronounced ahdo, until I moved here. But the very first time I heard it was really Ado, I switched to the correct form. Unsure why everyone wouldn’t do the same.
@IronicUseOfElectrons
3 жыл бұрын
LOL Hickenlooper is from Pennsylvania! Colo-raw-dough is close to the Spanish pronunciation but we don't pronounce Buena Vista or Limon along Spanish lines. It is Colo-Rad-Oh because we have to save at least one thing from the onslaught.
@splunkr24
2 жыл бұрын
Even if he is from Pennsylvania it still sounded more like Colo-rad-oh than Colo-raw-dough to me
@gaila.9852
Жыл бұрын
How do you pronounce Buena Vista?
@stealthycore
Жыл бұрын
@@gaila.9852 "bw-aye-nah vee-stah"
@gaila.9852
Жыл бұрын
@@stealthycore That is definitely not how you say “buena” in Spanish, haha.
@Rogue_Centurion
8 ай бұрын
Don’t tell us how to pronounce Salida or Del Norte either, it’s clearly Salaida and Del Nort
@keeganking8889
3 жыл бұрын
Hey look, its my Professor. That was not expected.
@davidcriger513
5 жыл бұрын
Lets just call it what it is...the State of Denver.
@zaff2299
5 жыл бұрын
We all know Colorado springs is better 😂jk
@biggpete100
5 жыл бұрын
@Summer Wertz Ugh. Cringe...
@andrew.cash13
4 жыл бұрын
David Criger no its not the state of Denver
@user-ww7iz5fm7k
4 жыл бұрын
Summer Wertz how dare u
@animal0mother
2 жыл бұрын
@Summer Wertz *Nueva California
@TheSeaTurtle
2 жыл бұрын
I’m from Oklahoma and I pronounce it Calorayduh
@dfoster1819
4 жыл бұрын
Common everyone, let's get real. It's ColoradBro. Totes rad.
@cloverle9827
4 жыл бұрын
CO native and fully endorse lol
@HaggisDruid
Жыл бұрын
Awwwh yeeeah buddy 😎
@jmichaelstone
Жыл бұрын
You should have heard how I thought "Arapahoe" was pronounced when I moved here in 2008. And I still refuse to say "Buena Vista" the way the locals there say it. But with grandparents who lived in Colorado for years before even my parents were born, our whole family has always said ColoRADo.
@royjohnson465
Жыл бұрын
Exactly correct! kzitem.info/news/bejne/kZ2muYCwjYtikmk The Spanish pronunciation is ColoRADo (as in Brad Conrad) also this is the correct right way to say it. But pronouncing it the incorrect wrong way is ColoRODo. ~Also the correct way is NeVADa. The wrong way is NeVODa. ~Correct way is avoCADo & pAsta. Wrong way is avoCODo & pAWsta.
@gaila.9852
Жыл бұрын
How do you pronounce Buena Vista?
@gaila.9852
Жыл бұрын
@@royjohnson465 This is completely incorrect. Colorado in Spanish is pronounced Co-lo-rah-do, not rad. If you pronounce avocado like it were a Spanish word, you would say ah-vo-cah-do, not cad. This is coming from someone who speaks Spanish. He literally says this in the video at 2:08.
@Rogue_Centurion
8 ай бұрын
@@gaila.9852as a Coloradan, let me inform you that you pronounce Buena Vista Byoona Vista and don’t you dare pronounce it as Buena
@gaila.9852
8 ай бұрын
@@Rogue_Centurion I am confused by “Byoona.” Could you try spelling it differently?
@taxisteve929
7 ай бұрын
For all the people from Colorado who say RAD, he makes an excellent point with avocado. I can’t imagine how they pronounce it down south lol
@jacobnieves6294
4 жыл бұрын
I knew it was Colorado
@RusskiCommieBot
4 жыл бұрын
I use the Molly Brown pronunciation from a Night to Remember. Colorada
@aar3782
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a native and I say Co - lo - *raw - dough.*
@allenrobers4286
4 жыл бұрын
Hot Chocolate, exactly! Most natives pronounce it that way, the correct way.
@mikaelsmith22
4 жыл бұрын
Allen Robers I grew up in Colorado (Boulder) and never heard a native say colo raw do.
@stakknation123
4 жыл бұрын
Im native also and this seems like the most accurate despriction of all the comments.
@sacchiteddu_2796
4 жыл бұрын
You're a sack of shit.
@aar3782
4 жыл бұрын
@@sacchiteddu_2796 Awe, thanks, stranger!
@SeanHummer
4 жыл бұрын
It's colo-rad-oh. I was born there and that means I'm right. Also, I know a lot of idiots and they all say "colo-raw-oh".
@Spartan7940
2 жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, how many people who were born in Colorado do you know who say "Colo-raw-doh"? And would you have any idea why exactly they'd say it that way?
@KirbyComicsVids
5 жыл бұрын
I was born in CO and my mom grew up there and we both say -rodo
@AxeSoul
4 жыл бұрын
Well, Me and my mom both grew up in Colorado and we both say -rado.
@cheyleereed9914
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah same I grew up in the Pueblo, Cannon City area
@dogwolf1135
3 жыл бұрын
@@AxeSoul yep coloRAD oh
@Nick40ghs
3 жыл бұрын
Sad, fad, tad, bad, had, grad, Chad, mad, rad… rad… Colorado. I rest my case.
@RalphReagan
4 жыл бұрын
Backeasterners are wrong. Natives are correct. Period. Not some sqishies from Denver. Or newcomers.
@coloradomallcrawlers
4 жыл бұрын
I get so many complaints on my videos about this... I just want to make a jeep trail guide and for the record, I don’t pronounce anything right, the joys of being dyslexic!
@rileymartin6375
5 ай бұрын
I grew up in Otero county always say ColaRADA I knew it was unique way of saying it but never questioned it
@nicolebanser4580
3 күн бұрын
I’m Canadian and I’ve always said “colo-raw-do” , interesting
@homeslicington9413
4 жыл бұрын
I've caught myself saying "Rada" a few times it just slips out lolol so naturally
@beckylawler6569
3 жыл бұрын
I'm American but I say the Spanish pronunciation. The A is always pronounced AH.
@h4jlk790
2 жыл бұрын
when i visited, everyone said coloRADo, so i've started saying it. seems like most ppl in other states say coloRODo lol.
@dogwolf1135
3 жыл бұрын
Color Rad oh I'm born and raised in Colorado
@josealcala4344
2 жыл бұрын
Means colored maybe because it's a beautiful colorful state
@zaff2299
5 жыл бұрын
It's ColoRADo just remember, Colorado is RAD
@amberly_gawx5304
4 жыл бұрын
I changed this comment for someone that hated the way that I talked....so sorry if I made anyone else mad.....sorry....sorry
@timewarpdrive77
4 жыл бұрын
How could you figuratively be from Colorado?
@amberly_gawx5304
4 жыл бұрын
@@timewarpdrive77 i said literally, but idk how you can figuratively be from colorado
@timewarpdrive77
4 жыл бұрын
@@amberly_gawx5304 I know you said literally, but I was pointing out that you were using literally in an unnecessary fashion (people who use literally like this annoy the shit out of me). Hence why I asked you how you could figuratively be from Colorado.
@amberly_gawx5304
4 жыл бұрын
@@timewarpdrive77 I am sorry I never meant to annoy you, and if I made you that mad then I will change my comment. I am dyslexic and so words that I used, I don't use correctly. I am sorry....I won't do it again if you feel that strongly about a mistake like this, or the way that somebody talks....i am sorry
@timewarpdrive77
4 жыл бұрын
@@amberly_gawx5304 Don't be sorry. Perhaps I over-stated my thoughts on the use of literally. Apologies if you took it badly...
@huerta25264
4 жыл бұрын
huh..... i thought it was pronounced coolooraydus
@ryancruz1876
3 жыл бұрын
Hickenlooper wasn’t born in Colo-RAD-o
@Korvilon
Жыл бұрын
My family has been in Colorado for 5 generations. I say it like Color-ado.
@m3po22
Жыл бұрын
If I was speaking Spanish I would use the Spanish pronunciation. But since we're not speaking Spanish, we do not have to use the Spanish pronunciation. The is a problem with languages that sound so similar they're almost the same language. I'm never tempted to pronounce "Karate" the Japanese way when speaking English.
@ajaliyahgrace3999
5 жыл бұрын
I’m born and raised and I say CALL-O-ROD-O 😂 uhh
@martyjackson4166
5 жыл бұрын
Ajaliyah Grace You’re not a true Coloradan then
@kelithic
4 жыл бұрын
Marty Jackson i mean, my family has been in colorado for 3 - 4 generations and thats how we say it. “Call-o-raw-dough”
@omsmada
Жыл бұрын
@@kelithicyou’re just an exception. Over 70% of native Coloradans pronounce it colo RAD o.
@rorymosley9356
3 жыл бұрын
There’s no wrong way to pronounce it. Unless you say anything other than Colo-RAD-o.
@thedude4795
3 жыл бұрын
colo-rada is the shit
@jonselby4889
4 жыл бұрын
How do you pronounce the Chevy Silverado? AD-o or ODD-o?
@andrew.cash13
4 жыл бұрын
Jon Selby odd
@mguanipa2
4 жыл бұрын
I say Ad-o
@omsmada
2 жыл бұрын
i mean that's just a made up word a company came up with, how is it relevant?
@brody2199
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve lived here almost my whole life, and always said “Colo-ROD-o,” but I also live about an hour from the Wyoming border.
@piehound
4 жыл бұрын
I happen to be approximately tri-lingual, German, English, Spanish, a smattering of Russian, and more. But how to pronounce the name of a state specifically Colorado is for a me a non - issue. But them i'm not a Colorado resident, and never have been.
@watcherwlc53
5 ай бұрын
Why does the newscaster directly misrepresent the way the Governor says it?
@suzygstephens
5 жыл бұрын
I understand most Colorado natives say Call-uh-rad-oh with the "rad" rhyming with "bad." However, the reason everyone else says Call-uh-rod-oh is because that is how it SHOULD have been pronounced all along. I mean, the word derives from Spanish and in Spanish, an "a" sound resembles the o in "rod" or "hot." That said, if you're visiting you should probably remember to say it like the natives, as it will be grating to the nerves if said differently. I know I cringe when someone says "New or-LEENS" with the accent on the last syllable. Natives say New OR-luns, with the vowel sound in the last syllable pronounced like the a in "about" (a schwa sound). Now, don't get me started on Nevada pronunciation. Same issue completely!
@taylorjacobson1391
4 жыл бұрын
By this logic, Montana should be pronounced Mon-tawn-yuh. Who pronounces it that way? Not any native English speakers. Not even people from the east coast. Not even the, "highly educated." You can't push Spanish pronunciation rules down people's throats over Colorado and Nevada, if you're not going to follow the same rules with Montana.
@martyjackson4166
3 жыл бұрын
By your logic, neither pronunciation is actually right. The actually Spanish pronunciation is “co-low-rah-oh.” Both ColoRADo and ColoRODo are anglicized pronunciations, so your whole “original Spanish pronunciation” argument is moot.
@phillipjameson2599
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know that about New Orleans. Funny enough, Louis Armstrong always said it "New or-LEENS" so I thought that I was hearing it straight from the horse's mouth!
@TheInkPitOx
6 ай бұрын
It's from Spanish, so it should be color-rod-O, but I guess this comes from living in Californy.
@briantravelman
Жыл бұрын
In actually, it should be pronounced the same as the Spanish word for "color"
@potatotomato7854
5 жыл бұрын
Ok I’m 9 years old now and when I was like 3 I said color-a-do
@BeccaTheBoring
6 ай бұрын
Nah, Hickenlooper pronounced the “a” like “at”.
@LoyalColoradan
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been living in Colorado for nearly six and a half years, and I’ve been pronouncing it as Colo-ROD-o and everyone I talk to goes with it.
@bretwrightnastyauthor
2 жыл бұрын
So... you've pronouncing it like a non-native. OK. :)
@stealthycore
Жыл бұрын
@@bretwrightnastyauthor i know natives that still say it that way...so.
@Rogue_Centurion
8 ай бұрын
@@stealthycorethose guys aren’t natives. Colorado gets a lot of transplants
@alantus14
23 күн бұрын
I don't think Prof. Sandoval is from around here.
@TajaneaPerry
5 жыл бұрын
It’s Color-rad-o
@bry117
5 жыл бұрын
I say Colorado
@osivot
Ай бұрын
GO BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA, JOHN HICKENLOOPER!
@kevinkelly1586
4 жыл бұрын
Nearly all dictionaries prefer coloRADoh to colorAHdo.
@zennoodle
6 ай бұрын
I pronounce it Colorado.
@Thatguy-kg3tz
3 жыл бұрын
Can we all agree it’s not colorada
@aguy7848
2 жыл бұрын
I say "Call-OH-Rad-OH"
@Qwerty83834
2 жыл бұрын
Say "Call a raw dough" quickly
@evanscott5636
4 жыл бұрын
Col-Or-Od-O
@shaylaleblanc8982
4 жыл бұрын
I say both tbh
@SuperEman500
2 жыл бұрын
Colorada, if yer from Texas
@JoeMartinez_LA_LostSoul
2 жыл бұрын
Colo-Raw-Doe... loosely means 'Red Mud'
@brandonkenning8096
6 жыл бұрын
It’s “Colo-RAD-Oh” 🤓
@tyrell.
6 жыл бұрын
But how do you say the "Colo" part.
@TajaneaPerry
5 жыл бұрын
Yessssssssssss it’s not color-rod-o
@Leeroywantsrx7
4 жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced colorado
@erinrichie4486
Жыл бұрын
C springs baby native
@armyofthewolves
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was Cah ler ah doe because I had a friend from there who pronounced it that way. I feel betrayed. Next I'm going to learn Oregon is not pronounced Or again or Or igun.
@rubynomics
2 жыл бұрын
At first i said co-lo-raddo
@bbqbros3648
2 жыл бұрын
colo-RAD-o
@hildkiin
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh it lost it's meaning while I was practicing it now it's just a soup of sound coming put of me. The hell is a colorado now
@therealhelmholtz
4 жыл бұрын
colorado doesn't exist
@davidzimmerly7354
Жыл бұрын
Imagine living in a state so beautiful and full of life that your biggest issue is getting offended on how another human pronounced your state name that someone else many years ago came up with
@nassab6466
4 жыл бұрын
Co-lo-ra-do No es tan difícil.
@sienahutchinson2022
5 жыл бұрын
Rad.
@ja6975
3 жыл бұрын
It’s a Spanish word co-low-rah-doh
@Horrorscope.s
2 жыл бұрын
Co-lo-ra-do
@CaliforniaGirl49
4 жыл бұрын
I say cohl-o-rahd-o
@EvadeEXE
3 жыл бұрын
Colo-RAD-o m8
@katarzynalejkowska4906
3 жыл бұрын
i thought it was cah-lah-rah-doh ah
@theasthmatic1456
6 жыл бұрын
Not ra da
@latin-lightning
4 жыл бұрын
Its pronounced Colorado. Easy
@taylorjackson9660
Жыл бұрын
ColaRADo gang
@creedbratton5456
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, as a born and bred Colorado citizen, I know most locals say Colo(raw)do, not Colo(rah)do. It's a sure-fire way to tell tourists from locals.
@np4231
2 жыл бұрын
Born and bred Coloradan and always said ColoRADo. I’d never say ColoRAWdo.
@TECfan1
2 жыл бұрын
6th generation Coloradan and we pronounce it ColoRADo.
@splunkr24
2 жыл бұрын
So how is it that you can tell tourists from natives? Colo(raw)do and Colo(rah)do sound the same.
@omsmada
Жыл бұрын
“rah” sounds indistinguishable from “raw” the h literally gives it an “aw” sound… but >70% of native Coloradans pronounce it rad as in radical, not raw.
@Elijah-fc3ex
Жыл бұрын
Completely wrong
@theasthmatic1456
6 жыл бұрын
Colo ra do
@EntangledWithBreeJo
5 жыл бұрын
RADO not Rahdo!
@farticlesofconflatulation
2 жыл бұрын
Colorao
@rickroybal7022
4 жыл бұрын
OK all you genius ones. Is it Coloradan? NO!! Hell no! It's Coloradoan. ( Idaho, Idahoan. Ohio, Ohioan) Get some schoolin Kyle.
@rickroybal7022
4 жыл бұрын
John Smith. You're right about that. But, we are Coloradoan.
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