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A poll of sorts, for non-US dwelling, English speaking brethren (and... sethren? This doesn't make sense.)


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How many of you are aware that Arkansas (A US State) is pronounced "Ar-can-saw" and not "Ar-Kansas"?


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You actually kinda blew my mind there.


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English op plz nerf


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I always thought it was pronounced "Our-Kanned-Ass"


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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. :sweat:

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No names are weirder then massachusetts city names.

 


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Elite and Houruck, neither of those posts answer the question dammit.


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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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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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I am aware of that. Doesn't make a difference though.



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I am aware of that. Doesn't make a difference though.

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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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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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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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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.



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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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I wasn't even aware that people speak English in Arkansas.


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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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I learnt something today :-)

 

So kenzass and arkensaw have different pronunciation.


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