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I refuse to call "Arkansas" as are-can-saw ... how the hell do you get "saw" out of "sas"... no it is ark-can-sass ... I will die on this hill.
@admitsWrongIfProven Whenever I go to Virginia I have a rule... anytime anyone ever says the word "Virginia" I have have to correct them and say "It is pronounced vagina!"
@freemo As long as we can do such, we can cope with the world.
@freemo Oh... but i do have to point out that you are mistaken. It's pronounced "vageen".
Oops, bedtime. Until the next time!
@freemo wait, do people really say it with a saw? O.o
@AncientGood yea the accepted pronunciation is "are can saw"
@freemo @AncientGood
Arrrr Kahn Sus!
@freemo I could never quite get my head around that one too, but okay, I'm only a European. What do I know?
@sergeant You need a few kicks to the head from a mule before you can understand our southern pronunciations :)
From Wikipedia:
"The early Spanish or French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling of the Illinois tribe's name for the Quapaw people, who lived downriver from them."
So, blame it on the French. Or the Spaniards. Or both!
@kilroy_was_here I usually just assume its the french's fault fromt he get go anyway
@freemo That sounds like a hill which is a lot more fun than what is presented elsewhere - good choice!
I will pronounce it ass-kazoo, just to be different. But that's just me, riding on previous evidence to be an ass ^^