Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1154
arrow-up1154external-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 · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months 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-up35·3 months agoIf you want people to call you Arkansaw, don’t spell it Arkansas. Thankyou for coming to my TED Talk.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months 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?