Mad in Nevada.

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Residents of The Silver State feel strongly about the mispronunciation of their state's name. Presidents and news reporters have been booed when they messed up on the "a" sound--saying Ne-VAH-da (rhymes with ha ha) instead of Ne-VAD-a (rhymes with glad and mad). Recently, Assemblyman Harry Mortenson requested a draft of a concurrent resolution for the 2011 session that calls for acceptance of the "wrong" pronunciation. He told the Nevada News...