Re: Coronavirus and racist attack
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:48 pm
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Probably not enough info gathered.IanKennedy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:49 pm No, I think that's Kentucky. Arkansas is above and right of Texas. What's with the ones that are empty? Like North Dakota.
I do believe that's Kentucky.
Funny how someone overseas knows the states but I bet you ask an American off the street he or she probably wouldn't be able to tell you.
English be a fucked-up language, yo.IanKennedy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:20 am Why is "Arkansas" pronounced "Ar-kan-saw" when it 'obviously should be' "Ar-kanz-ass", especially given "Kansas" is pronounced "Kanz-ass"?
Not that we're ones to talk. Try telling me the pronunciation of "Loughborough", or even "Worcestershire", which is better known because of the sauce.
Without looking it up
Arkansas' pronunciation has something to do with the French.IanKennedy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:20 am Why is "Arkansas" pronounced "Ar-kan-saw" when it 'obviously should be' "Ar-kanz-ass", especially given "Kansas" is pronounced "Kanz-ass"?
Not that we're ones to talk. Try telling me the pronunciation of "Loughborough", or even "Worcestershire", which is better known because of the sauce.
Without looking it up
The English language is a messed up language. We got words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Like bass and bass. Lead and lead. Minute and minute. Live and live. Just off of the top of my head.IanKennedy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:20 am Why is "Arkansas" pronounced "Ar-kan-saw" when it 'obviously should be' "Ar-kanz-ass", especially given "Kansas" is pronounced "Kanz-ass"?
Not that we're ones to talk. Try telling me the pronunciation of "Loughborough", or even "Worcestershire", which is better known because of the sauce.
Without looking it up
Not quite. It's more "luf-bur-re" Hear it hereNutso wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:46 amArkansas' pronunciation has something to do with the French.IanKennedy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:20 am Why is "Arkansas" pronounced "Ar-kan-saw" when it 'obviously should be' "Ar-kanz-ass", especially given "Kansas" is pronounced "Kanz-ass"?
Not that we're ones to talk. Try telling me the pronunciation of "Loughborough", or even "Worcestershire", which is better known because of the sauce.
Without looking it up
"Loughborough" I'm going to guess in pronounced lof-bow-row. Worcestershire is wur-ster-ser 'round these here parts.
It was basically a stunt to get the longest station name in the Britain. Locals don't really call it that. It translates as:
Kansas vs Arkansas pronunciation is a rabbit hole I do not want to go down. I am currently on the Hy-Brasil rabbit hole. As it comes down to it, the choice of pronunciations was just a decision made by people in control.
Actually, it took some time for Arkansans to come to agreement on pronunciation. In 1881, a heated disagreement between the state's two senators, one who said “arKANzis” and the other who said “ARkansaw,” led to a ruling by the state legislature making the “ARkansaw” pronunciation official. Ever since, Americans have gone along with the s-less, first-syllable-stressed version of Arkansas. At least when it comes to the state name. The people of Kansas don’t go any further than that. For them it's the “arKANzis” River, and “arKANzis” City.