Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 22 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-up1153
arrow-up1153external-linkTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 22 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish29•22 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-square@WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish35•22 days agoIf you want people to call you Arkansaw, don’t spell it Arkansas. Thankyou for coming to my TED Talk.
minus-square@BaroqueInMindlinkEnglish13•22 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?