Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down18
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·18 days agoThere was a disagreement on how to pronounce Arkansas; the first two US senators from Arkansas disagreed on how to say it. Congress ended up having to request the Arkansas legislature in defining how to pronounce the state name.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·18 days agoIf you want people to call you Arkansaw, don’t spell it Arkansas. Thankyou for coming to my TED Talk.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·17 days agoFrench language be like:
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 days agoWhy not just ask the fucking Quapaw tribe they stole the name from?
There was a disagreement on how to pronounce Arkansas; the first two US senators from Arkansas disagreed on how to say it.
Congress ended up having to request the Arkansas legislature in defining how to pronounce the state name.
If you want people to call you Arkansaw, don’t spell it Arkansas. Thankyou for coming to my TED Talk.
French language be like:
Why not just ask the fucking Quapaw tribe they stole the name from?