You say “batteries” we say ”badderys” You say “white” we say “wite” You say “moun-Tons” we say “mount-Inns” You say “Are-vah-dah” we say “Are-VAD-ah” You say “Calo-rah-doh” we say “Colo-RAD-O” You say “Thorn-Ton” we say “Thort-In” You say “I just moved here” we say “get out”
All the Colorado ppl watching, say "mountains"... Now you probably pronounced it "mounains". Yup I'm from Colorado myself and it turns out we don't say our "T's" correct.
100% we pronounce our “T’s” wrong or don’t really even pronounce them, exception would be words that start or end with “T”. If the “T” is on the middle of the word, it almost assumes a “D” sound. CO native here, I say what sounds like “Moun-ins”
I've lived here since I was 3 or 4 (I'm almost 48) and only learned in the last year that we don't say "Ts" and it's true!! Say, "there's a certain mountain where the kitten lives" and you'll hear "cer-in" "mou-in" and "ki-in"
I’m a native, but even when they point out aspects of our accent, even the pronunciation of the state, it’s so hard for me to tell which one I’m doing! The only thing I do know, is that we do like to visit the moun’ains on the weekend. 😉
After seeing some of the comments and being a Coloradan myself, yes, I understand it. I never knew everyone said mountains as "Mow-ntans" and we say it like "Mau-ins". We do not say our T's very much
As a 60-year-old Colorado native, I have to say this linguist got some things wrong. Older Colorado natives pronounce Colorado as "Cah-luh-RAH-doe" (the first and third vowels are pronounced like the a in father). We will likely ask for an ink pin, and tell you to turn the light un. Colorado's a big state so the accent depends on where you live. My late aunt who was born and raised in Walsenburg, spoke with a Texas-like twang that is typical of southern Colorado. The linguist is spot on about the missing t. We say the first syllable in mountains with a nasal-y "n" and a glottal stop (mou-ins). Water has no t and is pronounced "wah-der".
It's kind of different for different parts of Colorado. My Great-Grandpa who is 84 says it like how the linguist does. Keep in mind that geographically he lives on the western slope and many other older folks over their pronounce it the same.
Live in the midwest now, but grew up in CO. Been told I have an accent and say words funny. Main one I get called out on is "Tour"...I say "Two-Er" and they say "Tore"
I'm a Coloradan and I have never pronounced it Colo-RAD-oh, only Colo-RAH-do. Maybe it depends on what part of the state you're from? I'm northern front range, Fort Collins and Boulder. I do agree with several other commenters though, I admit that I pronounce the word Mountains funny. I say it sort of like MOUNt'inz, with the T barely audible but with a glottal stop after it. Anyone else?
@@leila5646 i say Colo-RAD-oh, no longer in Colorado but I grew up in Boulder and everyone around me said Colo-RAD-oh. so strange how it seems to be so specific to your immediate vicinity I guess?
Interesting how you bring up the word "Coyote" as I've heard both "Cae-ote" and "Cae-oh-tee" when speaking of the animals in the singular, but when in plural, many will simply say "Cae-otes" instead of "Cae-oh-tees."
I largely disagree with the linguist on one point in the video. I along with most of my friends raised in Colorado say ColoRAHdo, not ColoRADo. Most of the Coloradoans who pronounce the latter pronunciation are older, more rural folk. Aside from that point, he was pretty much spot on.
Hmmm, I don't know about that. Unless you consider Broomfield to be rural, or 30 to be old, everyone I know back home says "ColorAdo," and the only people who say "ColorAHdo" are California transplants. I think the linguist is correct. Interesting that you say that, though. I left the state a few years ago, so I guess it's possible that things have changed since then. I mean.... a lot of Californians have moved to the state. I'm always going to call it "ColorAdo" though, because it's the most Colorado-like way to say it, dammit.
ColoRADo is still going strong in the northeast and southeast among the young and old. I've heard it a lot past Pueblo, even, into Colorado Springs. Most Spanish-speaking natives (especially 1st-2nd gen immigrants) say ColoRAHdo because it's most similar to the Spanish pronunciation. I don't because I mainly grew up with rural whites.
People who've grown up in west-Denver have an accent different than the rest of Colorado. The west-Denver accent is a blend of California, Colorado, and hood talk.
I'm from Colorado, my dad was born and raised there and my mom lived there for A fair amount of time. My entire family and I pronounce it colo-RAD-oh. I also don't always pronounce my T's but that could be a "me thing", especially since I no longer live in Colorado.
My mamma's from Louisiana and my dad's from Georgia so sometimes when I get emotional I'll start yelling in a southern accent and y'all is in my daily vocabulary. I got called out by my grandma for shortening the t's out of the word kitten and said that was something coloradans do. But that's all I got
@@scottromig7633 apparently my normal accent is weird too because the school I went to as a kid taught me Chinese and I also heard Spanish and Russian accents every day. So my brain is all over the place.
@@natebox4550 that was an elementary school in Thornton, students were immersed in Chinese, Russian, or Spanish but the Russian was substituted for French in other chain schools
The bit, bet, and bat thing is wrong...they always sounded like the regular pronunciation for me. If anything, we don’t really always pronounce ours t’s. We give more of an accented grunt than a fully enunciated T sound. So mountains are mou-(accent)-in’s...at least that’s what I hear more in our area. And yes, my family has always pronounced coyote without the “ee” sound at the end...the only exceptions are for specific names like Wile E Coyote or Coyote Ugly.
The word “mountain” isn’t the best example, considering it’s obvious popularity in use. We do say “fountain” as “FOUN-n”, the word “that” as “thēt”. Basically up north near the WY border, we cut out a lot of vowel sounds altogether. The linguist gave the example of “coyote” being pronounced “CAY-OH-t” but we also say things like the word “sitting” as “sitt’n” or the word “water” as “WAD-rr”. Common phrases in Northern CO are: “I’m gonna head up” or “I’m gonna head down” to describe when you’re driving somewhere because we usually refer to our long, straight drives being North as “up” or South as “down.” We often say things like “Didja see the sunset tonight? The sun was’Nn sett-n until like 8er 9!” or “Dontcha think ____ was lame?” Other phrases we use are “come on out” to tell people to visit us in our homes, or “swing on by.” We like to combine other sounds too, so if I were to comment on the boxes that someone put on their front porch of their home, I would say “Dja see thOHze boxZs left out on the porch?” We love our hypotheticals in Colorado. My family typically says stuff such as “Wouldn’t it be better to take the back ROHdz when you head up to FoCo?” Also, no one refers to Boulder as BoCo unless they went to CU Boulder. That’s lame. Lastly, we say “Let’s hit up…” (pronounced with a soft “d”) to suggest to our friends where we want to go. “Let’s hid up the dispo before we get to the trailhead” (Meaning, let’s buy some marijuana before we arrive at the beginning of the hiking trail) Hope this helps someone out there!
Hahahahahaha this is so true. My sister's in Thorton so when I visit I say "imma head up and swing by" if she visits she's coming down. When I was younger I was confused when I heard CoyOhTee. Totally thought it was a different but related animal to the Caiyote. Your comment also made me realize I do speak in a questioning tone. Pretty silly ammiright? Also I noticed in our speaking cadence a lot of us start up then go down almost like a question.
You'd have to pronounce it with a European Spanish accent to say it in its most proper form anyway. Mexican Spanish comes closest. Any other pronunciation is too Anglo-Saxon or Northwestern European American to be accurate.
My mother was born in eastern Colorado. When she was young she had a western accent. However midwestern people moved here and brought their accent. On the western slope they have more of a western accent.
To anyone wondering what a millennial Colorado accent sounds like, listen to Johnny 5 from the Denver hip hop group Flobots. That's a great example, honestly.
No= Neds (don't ask) .what the F*ck is Soda? I'll have a "POP". The word "BUD" is definitely a Colorado Term.and if you been in a road rage incident here you've probably been told loudly "Come on Guy" or "This Guy" 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ its facts
cah-luh-rad-o l lived their from 1 year old to 19. rad (as in that's a rad car) parents were from New England; so some of mine was influenced by their accent. here's another; worsh, instead of wash.
There are Colorado accents, plural. People from far eastern Colorado are distinct as are people from the San Luis Valley area and Denver metro which has changed.
I have never heard anyone say coyote ky-oot. It's always ki-oo-dee. If you pronounce it the first way you'll probably get weird looks. However, the pronunciation of Colorado is spot on.
I’m from Mississippi and don’t have a thick country accent. I stand out here but when I went to Atlanta where the accent is more city, they knew I was from the Deep South even despite not having a country drawl
I worked in a call center out of high school, one of my callers asked me where i was from, i said Colorado, they told me i have an accent, my caller was from the south and had a very prounouced accent, i dont hear it
