Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 24 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 to Today I [email protected]English • 24 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink1•23 days agoor rio grande (rye-oh grand). I’m not sure how Gallipolis should actually be pronounced. The ~polis suffix seems sensible enough, but not sure on the first part.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•23 days agoI’ve heard people pronounce it as “galli-PO-lease”
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink1•23 days agoI would say the Ohio version gal-uh-puh-LISS and I think that’s how people I knew from there said it, but it’s been a couple decades, heh.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•22 days agoYour stylization is more correct than mine.
or rio grande (rye-oh grand).
I’m not sure how Gallipolis should actually be pronounced. The ~polis suffix seems sensible enough, but not sure on the first part.
I’ve heard people pronounce it as “galli-PO-lease”
I would say the Ohio version gal-uh-puh-LISS and I think that’s how people I knew from there said it, but it’s been a couple decades, heh.
Your stylization is more correct than mine.