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[the_wanlorn]

[Poll #783401]

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[caecilia.livejournal.com]

my boyfriend is from missouri, and I have been informed of this fact:

St. Louis / Kansas City / the surrounding areas = "MISSOURI"
Everywhere else = "MISSOURA"

[nicccc.livejournal.com]

That sounds about right. It seems all the politicians in this state come from outside the main metro areas and all say 'Mizzurah'.

I don't vote for people that can't pronounce the name of their own state.

I also don't trust people that say 'Illinoise', rather than leaving the 's' silent.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued - what do you intend to do with this information?

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Kind of depends. If I'm the only person from a non-Missouri portion of the world who says it Mih-zer-rah, I'm going to chalk it up to my fucked-up accent.

If I'm not, then I'm going to try and do something to determine if it's caused by Teh Intarwebs. Yanno, sort of like how half the world uses Britishisms now 'cause of picking up on the speech habits of all the super-friendly-awesome Brits online.

Just not sure what I'd need to do, yet. Probably contact people and compile data as to whether or not they have relatives from the area, if they've always pronounced it that way, yadda yadda yadda.

/dork

[(Anonymous)]

Everyone down here says "missouri" (miz OOR ee).

I had a great aunt named Missouri.

--Lando

[princessdot.livejournal.com]

I like best how it sounds in Spanish. Say it with me now, Mi su ri.