Even Jim Lehrer Says “Nevada” Wrong (Incorrectly)
Thanks to this week’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, PBS’ NewsHour has been running a feature on some state called “Nevoda.” Personally, I don’t get all upset when journalists and politicians make this mistake. Can it really be considered a mistake to pronounce a Spanish word using pronunciation rules? Its the difference between colloquial and proper usage, and I hate to tell you which one is proper in this scenario.
Wow, I literally just watched (and listened to) Jim Lehrer correct his pronunciation of Nevada mid-show so give him a break already.
Anyway, yesterday’s and today’s features covered immigration and how it effects Nevada’s economy. In the words of Ray Suarez, Nevada is “absolutely dependent” on immigrant labor. Yesterday Judy Woodruff spoke to John Ensign and John Ralston, but tonight Woodruff moderated a nice little round table that included Robert Gomez from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Jan Jones from Harrah’s, Lorraine Hunt, and D. Taylor of the culinary union (whose membership is 58% non-native American), and focused on how the lack of a coherent national immigration policy effects the state. You can read the NewsHour transcript here.
Overall, the NewsHour has done a great job in portraying the state in all its bizarre complexity. And they almost always get the name right.
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Give Lehrer a break. He pronounces his own name wrong. He says Lehruh.
“We’re not down there trying to take Las Vegas’ water. They’re up here trying to take our water”
Best quote from tonite’s NV-centric News Hour broadcast, by far, though disturbing seeing by proxy that the state is so divided over something so necessary. (but please bear with me, that thought is coming from a person formerly known as a Native Californian who is no stranger to the term “Water War”)
It will be very interesting to see the rest of the reports from PBS, and more so how the state holds its self together in light of all the obligatory national attention.