Boise

The other night, I was talking with my roommate, Jess, and our friends J and L. We were talking about where my roommate is from, the Boise area, and then we got into a discussion about how to say it. Jess said that she says it with an s sound like "boy see," but J and L insisted that it was said "boy zee." From TX and CA respectively, their proof that theirs was the correct pronunciation was that the sportscasters on ESPN said it like that. However, I have grown up with hearing it like Jess says it. A few days later I asked a girl in one of my classes, who is from Idaho how she said it and she told me the same pronunciation as Jess. I assume from this that people in Idaho say the s rather than the z and also those in Utah, since that is where I am from. Some people from TX and CA obviously say it with the z sound, but that may be the influence of ESPN sportscasters. :)