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minus-squareSuzyQlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI have an inkling that the two Arkansas are pronounced differently. “Are-Kansas” and “Are-Can-Saw”.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoBut where is Are-Cannot-Saw?
minus-squarebadcommandorfilename@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoNext to Coloradon’t
minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s because Arkansas (ARE-can-saw) retained the native language pronounciation, while Kansas (CAN-zuhs) was Anglicanized.
I have an inkling that the two Arkansas are pronounced differently. “Are-Kansas” and “Are-Can-Saw”.
One is Akansas
I see that now. I did not see it then.
Are-ken-saw, A-kan-saw and a Kan-sahs
But where is Are-Cannot-Saw?
Next to Coloradon’t
One has no R
I see that now. I did not see it then.
That’s because Arkansas (ARE-can-saw) retained the native language pronounciation, while Kansas (CAN-zuhs) was Anglicanized.