The small town of Mancos Colorado is pronounced Mane-kus. It’s very small with a population of 1446 by the time the comment was written, which is why I’m not surprised that it’s not in the video.
I know you could probably do a whole video on Native American place names in CO but the one I get asked most about living in Fort Collins is Mishawaka (me-sha-walk-ah) and Poudre (poo-der)
Dude the walking transition is terrible, it takes too long. You could have been closer to the camera so it didn't take as long to walk off screen. You also could have played music or something during it so it wasn't so awkward. Yet another problem is it looked stupid when you'd walk off going perfectly sideways only to appear on the other side coming in on an angle, just looked weird. Sorry.
I live in Pueblo and pronounce several of these waaaaaay different than you. Some are the same like “Colorado”, “Arvada”, and “Salida”, but for me Buena Vista is “Bwenna Vista” and La Junta is “Luh Hunna”. But I’ve long learned that people from Northern Colorado speak differently than those from Southern Colorado.
I suspect your last name has something to do with your pronunciation of Buena Vista, and you're not alone. But my sources show that those who founded the town of Buena Vista purposely said it the "wrong" way, and local Buena Vista residents still pronounce it that way. Salida and La Junta are other examples of mispronounced Spanish words.
@@aroundcolorado4190 I grew up in Colorado Springs (1975-1998) - 3rd generation, caucasian - and "bweh-na vista" is how everyone in my family pronounced it. Also, "colo-rahdo" is how we said/say it. Variation within a population, and whatnot. What's fun is that the settlers threw in a bit of unexpected french too -- Bijou, Cache Le Poudre...
Native here and I agree with all of this. Although, even though I know the story about Buena Vista’s name now. I refuse to pronounce it Byoona. Also, I know it’s tiny, but what about Granada?
I live in Florida now but grew up in Colorado and I will say... the thing I get complimented on AND have arguments over most is how to say the state name. Let’s just say I literally jumped when he said it the right way (in my opinion).
Around Colorado, This was so cool! Thanks for doing all that traveling for just a few seconds of fun facts at each place. I thought it was great. I was too busy enjoying all the tidbits you told us to stop and find a single flaw, not to mention a whole paragraph of insults on a 5 minute and 40 seconds video...That is free to watch... OR NOT watch so you won’t leave nasty comments🤯. 👇👆This guy, amirite?? 😈😉 Anyways... I learned a lot and I’ve lived here all but five years of my life 😁(I’m 38). Thank you!
I'm a native Coloradan raised in Arvada. Arvada is actually named after a relative of Ben Wadsworth for whom the main street is named after. We learned about it in the 4th or 5th grade. Anyway, I liked your video and It brings me joy that the CO accent lives on.
You’re absolutely right! I should have been more clear. Arvada was named after Hiram Arvada Haskin, and that man’s middle name came from an island of Syria. See here: Arwad Syria goo.gl/maps/L9i4ZuTymM4nCvDq5
Fantastic video. Wish I’d seen this before visiting Colorado from Australia in 2018. Unfortunately, I got a few wrong. My favourite was Uncompahgre, which I got right. But the Colorado locals were very gracious. Loved your state.
Hahah. As someone who’s not from America, but has visited Colorado before this was actually super helpful. I think (according to Coloradans at least) I probably mispronounced just about every street name and town I visited. Vowel sounds are very different where I live (I find that Americans emphasize certain vowels like “a” quite heavily) and as a European, I tend to pronounce Spanish names as closely as to how they would. Though most Americans get Irish place names wrong so it evens out... Wish I watched this video before I visited two years ago lol.
Nearly all dictionaries prefer ColoRADDo to ColorAHdo, though they list both. I've heard that circa 1850 some early settlers suggested ColoRAYdo, though it did not prevail.
Jamie, I missed one in my earlier comment--Ouray. If the accent truly falls on the 2nd. syllable, someone needs to fix Wikipedia, which says it's on #1.
My mom was born in Salida and raised in Beunie and my dad's whole side of the family, including myself, was born in Lamar. Thank you for this. It was awesome!
Hey, My Name Is Liam! I Was Born In The United Kingdom, And Moved To Colorado At Age 5! But Back In The UK, We Have Place Names More Hard To Pronounce Than Place Names In Colorado!
One thing I think is really odd is how people in San Luis pronounce Blanca. It seems like they would say the first A as a short a, but most of them say it as a long a. Like a very white way of saying it.
Nice vid. Long ago when I worked at a call center I would surprise people from Arvada by knowing how to say it correctly even though I wasn't in or from CO.
My family are coloridian natives (as in Native American) and I can promise we all say coloRADo. Only people newly moved to the state or in the city of Denver say colorodoh. Some older folks even still say coloRADer.
The "locals" you asked for the first one were probably the ones who moved here from California or texas it is not the way you pronounced it you are verry wrong
As a Front Range Coloradan, I've rarely heard Colorado pronounced that way, and always with the a sounding like the a in "father". But I suspect the æ pronunciation of the a is more common among the rural folk. The modern pronunciation I am familiar with most accurately reflect the original Spanish pronunciation [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o], but as always, pronunciation is left to differentiation.
I HATE all these butchered Spanish words 🤬 ! If I ever move to Colorado (properly Caw-low-raw-dough), I’d pronounce all these words just like how I would back in Cali!
big puke emoji at "Byoona Vista" I can appreciate the historicity of it and that most locals still pronounce it that way but... barf. Some things should change. And I say that as a white guy (although I am a transplant)
Colorado people are not cosmopolitan enough to pronounce things correctly. If the Native Americans pronounce it one way then Coloradans and everyone else should pronounce it the same way.
Did I miss any good ones?
The small town of Mancos Colorado is pronounced Mane-kus. It’s very small with a population of 1446 by the time the comment was written, which is why I’m not surprised that it’s not in the video.
Towaoc (pronounced Toy-yock)
I know you could probably do a whole video on Native American place names in CO but the one I get asked most about living in Fort Collins is Mishawaka (me-sha-walk-ah) and Poudre (poo-der)
Pueblo, idk about the rest of Colorado but in cañon it’s very controversial
Olathe ( ō *_LAYTH_* uh )
You're the best for pronouncing the a's the proper way in Colorado and in Arvada
Dude the walking transition is terrible, it takes too long. You could have been closer to the camera so it didn't take as long to walk off screen. You also could have played music or something during it so it wasn't so awkward. Yet another problem is it looked stupid when you'd walk off going perfectly sideways only to appear on the other side coming in on an angle, just looked weird. Sorry.
Thanks for the feedback! Obviously I’m not a filmmaker, just someone who likes interesting things around Colorado.
I actually really liked the effect.
Niwot is almost "town" spelled backwards.
I live in Pueblo and pronounce several of these waaaaaay different than you. Some are the same like “Colorado”, “Arvada”, and “Salida”, but for me Buena Vista is “Bwenna Vista” and La Junta is “Luh Hunna”. But I’ve long learned that people from Northern Colorado speak differently than those from Southern Colorado.
I suspect your last name has something to do with your pronunciation of Buena Vista, and you're not alone. But my sources show that those who founded the town of Buena Vista purposely said it the "wrong" way, and local Buena Vista residents still pronounce it that way. Salida and La Junta are other examples of mispronounced Spanish words.
I live in Lakewood and I pronounce La Junta as "La Hoonta"
Can you confirm the existence of an Amber Alert Factory in Pueblo?
@@aroundcolorado4190 I grew up in Colorado Springs (1975-1998) - 3rd generation, caucasian - and "bweh-na vista" is how everyone in my family pronounced it. Also, "colo-rahdo" is how we said/say it. Variation within a population, and whatnot. What's fun is that the settlers threw in a bit of unexpected french too -- Bijou, Cache Le Poudre...
Native here and I agree with all of this. Although, even though I know the story about Buena Vista’s name now. I refuse to pronounce it Byoona.
Also, I know it’s tiny, but what about Granada?
I’m a Denver native and I never heard Galapago or Zuni pronounced the way you said it.
I have, all the time. My grandparents lived nearby.
I'm curious how you hear Galapago.
What you call a rapper's girlfriend? 2:02
I live in Florida now but grew up in Colorado and I will say... the thing I get complimented on AND have arguments over most is how to say the state name. Let’s just say I literally jumped when he said it the right way (in my opinion).
Around Colorado, This was so cool! Thanks for doing all that traveling for just a few seconds of fun facts at each place. I thought it was great. I was too busy enjoying all the tidbits you told us to stop and find a single flaw, not to mention a whole paragraph of insults on a 5 minute and 40 seconds video...That is free to watch... OR NOT watch so you won’t leave nasty comments🤯. 👇👆This guy, amirite?? 😈😉 Anyways... I learned a lot and I’ve lived here all but five years of my life 😁(I’m 38). Thank you!
The traveling was the fun part!
I'm a native Coloradan raised in Arvada. Arvada is actually named after a relative of Ben Wadsworth for whom the main street is named after. We learned about it in the 4th or 5th grade. Anyway, I liked your video and It brings me joy that the CO accent lives on.
You’re absolutely right! I should have been more clear. Arvada was named after Hiram Arvada Haskin, and that man’s middle name came from an island of Syria. See here: Arwad
Syria
goo.gl/maps/L9i4ZuTymM4nCvDq5
Most people i know say la hunna for la junta
You'd have to be downtown on a sunday at 7AM and not have traffic all backed up!
Thank you!
Fantastic video. Wish I’d seen this before visiting Colorado from Australia in 2018. Unfortunately, I got a few wrong. My favourite was Uncompahgre, which I got right. But the Colorado locals were very gracious. Loved your state.
This must have been a fun project as you explored more of Colorado. Can't wait to see more of it myself :)
Hahah. As someone who’s not from America, but has visited Colorado before this was actually super helpful. I think (according to Coloradans at least) I probably mispronounced just about every street name and town I visited. Vowel sounds are very different where I live (I find that Americans emphasize certain vowels like “a” quite heavily) and as a European, I tend to pronounce Spanish names as closely as to how they would. Though most Americans get Irish place names wrong so it evens out... Wish I watched this video before I visited two years ago lol.
Nearly all dictionaries prefer ColoRADDo to ColorAHdo, though they list both. I've heard that circa 1850 some early settlers suggested ColoRAYdo, though it did not prevail.
Jamie, I missed one in my earlier comment--Ouray. If the accent truly falls on the 2nd. syllable, someone needs to fix Wikipedia, which says it's on #1.
My mom was born in Salida and raised in Beunie and my dad's whole side of the family, including myself, was born in Lamar. Thank you for this. It was awesome!
Hey, My Name Is Liam! I Was Born In The United Kingdom, And Moved To Colorado At Age 5! But Back In The UK, We Have Place Names More Hard To Pronounce Than Place Names In Colorado!
One thing I think is really odd is how people in San Luis pronounce Blanca. It seems like they would say the first A as a short a, but most of them say it as a long a. Like a very white way of saying it.
I'd love to learn more about this.
I will never Anglicize obviously non-Anglo names. Right, Casa Grande?
Even as a Coloradan who lived here his whole life, I still got everything but Arapahoe, Arvada, and Colorado wrong.
Can’t we all just agree to pronounce it how Bob Dylan pronounces it in Man of Constant Sorrow?
1:24 everyone I know says ar-va-da. Also most people say Calaradoh. 1:48 whinekoop. We really like all our vowels except for O around here.
Please teach people also say Ikea correctly
Wine-coop
7am on a Sunday, that's a nice quiet time to film :)
Took me several attempts to film it when there was no traffic.
Nice vid. Long ago when I worked at a call center I would surprise people from Arvada by knowing how to say it correctly even though I wasn't in or from CO.
I have to admit, I mispronounced Arvada a few times when I first moved to Colorado.
Stop trashing Spanish, it's like saying Gooh-a-chihn-tan instead of Washington, stop.
elramoty, or WARSH-ing-ton. LOL
My family are coloridian natives (as in Native American) and I can promise we all say coloRADo. Only people newly moved to the state or in the city of Denver say colorodoh. Some older folks even still say coloRADer.
Gala-pay-go...really. No!
John Berg, guh-LAY-puh-go, right? I got that from another video someone did of the oddly-pronounced Denver streets.
My grandparents always said it that way. But they moved down from Eagle and Minturn about 1945, so maybe they had more of a western dialect.
Nice video but I think Arvada was named after Benjamin Wadsworth brother in law
Street names very Denver specific
A more confusing one is Buchtel as in Buchtel Blvd.
Great video but I honestly refuse to pronounce the Spanish words incorrectly because the white settlers did. The disrespect 🤮
The "locals" you asked for the first one were probably the ones who moved here from California or texas it is not the way you pronounced it you are verry wrong
As a Front Range Coloradan, I've rarely heard Colorado pronounced that way, and always with the a sounding like the a in "father". But I suspect the æ pronunciation of the a is more common among the rural folk. The modern pronunciation I am familiar with most accurately reflect the original Spanish pronunciation [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o], but as always, pronunciation is left to differentiation.
I HATE all these butchered Spanish words 🤬 ! If I ever move to Colorado (properly Caw-low-raw-dough), I’d pronounce all these words just like how I would back in Cali!
big puke emoji at "Byoona Vista" I can appreciate the historicity of it and that most locals still pronounce it that way but... barf. Some things should change. And I say that as a white guy (although I am a transplant)
Colorado people are not cosmopolitan enough to pronounce things correctly. If the Native Americans pronounce it one way then Coloradans and everyone else should pronounce it the same way.
Is it ok to use the actual Spanish pronunciations for the Spanish named places?
I think that using anything other than the Spanish pronunciation for Spanish named places is downright disrespectful and usually willful.
wine-koop. Denver native here.