What's the right way to pronounce 'Colorado?' 

Governor: “coloRADo” Newscaster: “There you heard it, coloRAWdo.”

Colorado is RAD. I'm from Denver and everyone i know there says ColoRADo

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 😂

im a giraffe!!!!!!!

Colo-rad-o. All you people coming in to our amazing state better get it right.

I've always said the a as in "cat" for the first a in both Colorado and Nevada.

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.

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.

The correct pronunciation of Colorado just like the correct pronunciation of Nevada. Add, not Odd.

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.

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.

My grandpa who is from Colorado but he left to Washington he calls it Colorada The plains version

Colo-RAD-o

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!

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.

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

I’m from Oklahoma and I pronounce it Calorayduh

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.

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!

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.

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.

I use the Molly Brown pronunciation from a Night to Remember. Colorada

Lets just call it what it is...the State of Denver.

Hey look, its my Professor. That was not expected.

I knew it was Colorado

I've caught myself saying "Rada" a few times it just slips out lolol so naturally

I'm a native and I say Co - lo - *raw - dough.*

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.

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!

Common everyone, let's get real. It's ColoradBro. Totes rad.

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

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.

I grew up in Otero county always say ColaRADA I knew it was unique way of saying it but never questioned it

I was born in CO and my mom grew up there and we both say -rodo

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".

Sad, fad, tad, bad, had, grad, Chad, mad, rad… rad… Colorado. I rest my case.

when i visited, everyone said coloRADo, so i've started saying it. seems like most ppl in other states say coloRODo lol.

Color Rad oh I'm born and raised in Colorado

I’m born and raised and I say CALL-O-ROD-O 😂 uhh

huh..... i thought it was pronounced coolooraydus

I'm American but I say the Spanish pronunciation. The A is always pronounced AH.

My family has been in Colorado for 5 generations. I say it like Color-ado.

Hickenlooper wasn’t born in Colo-RAD-o

colo-rada is the shit

Backeasterners are wrong. Natives are correct. Period. Not some sqishies from Denver. Or newcomers.

How do you pronounce the Chevy Silverado? AD-o or ODD-o?

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.

Means colored maybe because it's a beautiful colorful state

There’s no wrong way to pronounce it. Unless you say anything other than Colo-RAD-o.

It's ColoRADo just remember, Colorado is RAD

Why does the newscaster directly misrepresent the way the Governor says it?

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.

I changed this comment for someone that hated the way that I talked....so sorry if I made anyone else mad.....sorry....sorry

It's from Spanish, so it should be color-rod-O, but I guess this comes from living in Californy.

Ok I’m 9 years old now and when I was like 3 I said color-a-do

It’s Color-rad-o

Nearly all dictionaries prefer coloRADoh to colorAHdo.

Nah, Hickenlooper pronounced the “a” like “at”.

Col-Or-Od-O

Say "Call a raw dough" quickly

In actually, it should be pronounced the same as the Spanish word for "color"

colo-RAD-o

I say "Call-OH-Rad-OH"

I pronounce it Colorado.

At first i said co-lo-raddo

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

I say Colorado

C springs baby native

Colorada, if yer from Texas

Co-lo-ra-do No es tan difícil.

I say both tbh

Can we all agree it’s not colorada

Not ra da

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

It’s pronounced colorado

i thought it was cah-lah-rah-doh ah

It’s “Colo-RAD-Oh” 🤓

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.

Colo-RAD-o m8

I say cohl-o-rahd-o

Colo-Raw-Doe... loosely means 'Red Mud'

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.

Rad.

Its pronounced Colorado. Easy

It’s a Spanish word co-low-rah-doh

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!

ColaRADo gang

Colorao

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.

RADO not Rahdo!

kuh -luh-ruh-doh is a good middle ground lol

Colo ra do

colo-rah-doh

OK all you genius ones. Is it Coloradan? NO!! Hell no! It's Coloradoan. ( Idaho, Idahoan. Ohio, Ohioan) Get some schoolin Kyle.

Educated outsiders who know better... holy f_$%

If you are European you will have your own linguistic approach, but Colorado, meaning RED or implying it's red. Soon it will go back to it's roots.

Colo-raid-o - I like it!

Colorado doesn’t know how to pronounce anything.

Propaganda much? Insiders?

It’s colo-RAD-oh period. My dad and most of my family are natives. And I moved here when I was 4. Listen to the actual Coloradoans: