Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOhio is great for shit pronunciations of town names. Bellfountaine - bell FOUN’n (the t drops there in most dialects, some would say ‘fountain’ with the the first syllable stressed). Versailles - verSAILS Medina - muhDYEnuh
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoWe have “verSAILS” in Indiana too. Also: Peru - Pee-roo Russiaville - Roosha-vil Lebanon - Leb’nun My favorite though is that there are two spellings for the Wabash river: Wabash and Ouabache. And despite being in a town that is on the Wabash River, the local Oabache Elementary School is pronounced: Wah-bat-shee.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI think y’all also have KAY-row (Cairo) if I remember right. (or maybe that’s Illinois?)
minus-squarehate2bme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoRight down the road from Versailles is the town I grew up in and the movie Hoosiers is based off of. Milan (pronounced my - lan)
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere’s a Miami, Oklahoma. Pronounced, “My-am-uh”
minus-squarenelson@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMy extended family is from a tiny Ohio hill town named Antioch, pronounced “annie-OCK”.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve been there a couple of times. I say the ‘t’ in anti, but I guess the locals don’t
Ohio is great for shit pronunciations of town names.
Bellfountaine - bell FOUN’n (the t drops there in most dialects, some would say ‘fountain’ with the the first syllable stressed).
Versailles - verSAILS
Medina - muhDYEnuh
We have “verSAILS” in Indiana too. Also:
Peru - Pee-roo
Russiaville - Roosha-vil
Lebanon - Leb’nun
My favorite though is that there are two spellings for the Wabash river: Wabash and Ouabache. And despite being in a town that is on the Wabash River, the local Oabache Elementary School is pronounced: Wah-bat-shee.
I think y’all also have KAY-row (Cairo) if I remember right. (or maybe that’s Illinois?)
Right down the road from Versailles is the town I grew up in and the movie Hoosiers is based off of. Milan (pronounced my - lan)
There’s a Miami, Oklahoma. Pronounced, “My-am-uh”
My extended family is from a tiny Ohio hill town named Antioch, pronounced “annie-OCK”.
I’ve been there a couple of times. I say the ‘t’ in anti, but I guess the locals don’t