PSA: The letter S at the end of the word “Illinois” is silent.

Do people really do that? I'm from a different continent and even we know that.

Tell them about Arkansas too.

Except in that song about the convoy of truckers from the 70s.

Tom T Hall mentions the Il-uh-noyz National Guard.

I always thought that was meant to be some kind of folksy regional pronunciation

Just like no one outside the state of Oregon knows how to pronounce Oregon....its [i]Ory-gun[/i].... not [i]Ora-gone[/i]

I thought it was just bad grammar when someone asks you how you're feeling. Ill I no is.

What about Boise Idaho? Is it Boy-zee or Boy-see?

Thought of Illinois today 😆

I like to pronounce it [i]ill-uh-NWAH[/i] just to piss people off.

Next you'll tell me its not Ar-Kansas

Illinoise.

Gotcha

Furthermore:

Oregon is pronounced /ˈɔɹɪɡən/, with a schwa in the final syllable, not like "oreGONE".

Nevada is pronounced /nɪˈvædə/, with a short "a" sound, not like "neVAHda"

What?!
Next you’re going to tell me Arkansas isn’t pronounced “Ar Kansas”

As is common in French where the last consonant is silent.

Sounds french 👍

I knew that

Who says Ill-uh-noise? I like when people say Nevahda instead of Nevada.