Pronounced like Misery. At least it is for many of the residents of the state that have to put up with RW loons like Akin.

When I lived there I would say I lived in Misery, the state.

I could never get why the state income taxes were so high and the roads were always shit...

Whenver I drive back to visit coming off the smooth as glass turnpike from Oklahoma and crossing the State line to be greeted by the ba-bump,, ba-bump,, ba-bump you know lasts for a couple hundred miles I'm always like fuck. Time to find that first rest stop and smoke a bowl so I can deal with this shithole

Fort lost in the wood, Misery

I personally say Missouree

But I'm on the west coast.

I've heard many people in other parts of the country call it "Miz-UR-ah"

And I was born there.

My wife grew up in a college town, she uses Missouree, the company I worked for used the other.

I transplanted from Iowa and humourously called it Misery.

I live Ohio now.

I don't know where Mizzourah came from. I don't say Mississippah, or Cincinnatah, so Missouree it is.

which was originally named after Raleigh.. the spelling followed the pronunciation. Of course, in Versailles MO, the pronunciation follows the spelling. Ver-sales.
Fortunately there have been enough hold outs to keep it straight.. Missouree

That is what all the locals I know call it, and I honor their wishes.

There is town there called Nevada. Its pronounced Na-VAY-dah.

Rhymes with "invade?"


I love the fact that there really is no such thing as "an American accent"

We say Missouree here.

I was born there.

So was I. lol

Say it as fast as you can.
At least that is how we pronounce it in Zip 50833...
But then again a lot of people around Bedford,IA./ Hopkins,MO. say Warshinton instead of Washington.

I was born in Missouree. I've lived in Missouree. That's how I've said it my entire life.

I think most people can tell that an 'i' is not pronounced with an 'uh' sound. I live in Missouri and to tell the truth I don't hear too many people say Missouruh. When I do, it usually comes from the mouth of someone who probably has lived a fairly isolated life in some small Missouri town where people naturally have a more southern accent.

I am also a little bit offended that the NY Times would run an article about Missouri politics and the best thing they could come up with was this. Kind of a thinly veiled reinforcement of the old hillbilly stereotype.

I'm originally from Iowa but I have spent the majority of my life in Missouri. I don't find it to be 'misery' at all, although I do miss Iowa terribly.

I never knew it was a controversial thing.

we always said "Missouruh".

Jefferson City and north it's Missouree. South of there it's Missouruh.

My beloved grandmother was born there (1903) and that is what she called the state she was born in- good enough for me.

I've also heard them say Coloradah.

m'-Zur-ah

I grew up in Oklahoma, but my grandpa was born close to Noel, Missouri, in 1905. We always said "Missourah" because that was the way Grandpa said it, even though he'd been an Oklahoman since he was 16. I'm the only grandchild of the clan that moved back to Missouri. I still call it Missourah.

if it ended with an A, I would say MISSOURA