How many of you are aware that Arkansas (A US State) is pronounced "Ar-can-saw" and not "Ar-Kansas"?
A poll of sorts, for non-US dwelling, English speaking brethren (and... sethren? This doesn't make sense.)
#1
Posted 29 May 2015 - 11:59 AM
#2
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:01 PM
You actually kinda blew my mind there.
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Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:04 PM
#5
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:12 PM
Tho technically it's pronounced that way based off of the French pronunciation of the Algonquian word for the Quapaw people.
So... Barely related to English at all. ![]()
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Edited by DeeRax, 29 May 2015 - 12:13 PM.
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#6
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:13 PM
No names are weirder then massachusetts city names.
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Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:40 PM
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#8
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:53 PM
#9
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:54 PM
No names are weirder then massachusetts city names.
My sister lives in Leominster. Lemon-stir. Like a martini peel.
Haverhill really isn't 'haaaay-virile', it's 'hav-er-ille'
Chelmsford isn't 'chelms fud', it's 'shems-fud'
They left out Scituate (schit-you-wit), Quincy (qwin-zee), and Fairhaven (fare-haaay-ven)
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#10
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:56 PM
LOL ! - Had 2 confess, i always pronounced it "Ar-Kansas", but found out, how it's done right yesterday in a soap...
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Posted 29 May 2015 - 01:11 PM
#12
Posted 29 May 2015 - 01:21 PM
#13
Posted 29 May 2015 - 01:26 PM
Elite and Houruck, neither of those posts answer the question dammit.
I actually heard it before, but I would have pronounced it the wrong way. Old habits die hard.
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#14
Posted 29 May 2015 - 02:06 PM
My sister lives in Leominster. Lemon-stir. Like a martini peel.
Haverhill really isn't 'haaaay-virile', it's 'hav-er-ille'
Chelmsford isn't 'chelms fud', it's 'shems-fud'
They left out Scituate (schit-you-wit), Quincy (qwin-zee), and Fairhaven (fare-haaay-ven)
No names are weirder then massachusetts city names.
Those are English names for the most part and nothing compares to Worchestershire.
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#15
Posted 29 May 2015 - 04:02 PM
i have a feeling that Massachusetts and most of England's names are middle English which sounds nothing like modern English
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#16
Posted 29 May 2015 - 04:07 PM
i have a feeling that Massachusetts and most of England's names are middle English which sounds nothing like modern English
That... that's not how names work.
#17
Posted 06 June 2015 - 03:14 PM
met and married my wife in Helena, Arkansas.
heh.
old state motto:
"Arkansas, Land of Opportunity"
what locals would retort:
"...and the first opportunity I get, I'm leaving Arkansas!"
we live in Virginia, now.
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#18
Posted 06 June 2015 - 06:00 PM
I wasn't even aware that people speak English in Arkansas.
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#19
Posted 07 June 2015 - 12:20 AM
What I would like to see is a large scale poll comparing different US states on their pronunciation abilities of other states. A surprising amount get Oregon wrong for example.

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#20
Posted 07 June 2015 - 02:03 AM
I learnt something today :-)
So kenzass and arkensaw have different pronunciation.
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