That's as annoying as people who pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois.
Why would you do that?
It's pronounced Illinwah.
How do you pronounce Missouri??
Depends on where you are from. Some folks say Missoura. I have family up in Kansas and they have bridges that go over cricks and they ride cicles. My brother is a transplanted Okie who has lived quite a while in St Loius now. When he forst moved there, he kept hearing someone talking about eating a park steak. He told them he was familiar with t-bones, ribeyes, new your strips, etc., but he had never heard of a park steak. The person looked at him like he was a moron and said, "park, PARK....you know, park like a pig!" Also, my Cajum sister-in-law eats with a fark.