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-squareninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTexas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana. Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAh yes. “Hoo-ston” and “How-ston” are definitely both things. “De-kab” and “De-kalb” Haven’t run into the Bowie one.
Texas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh
Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana.
Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.
Ah yes. “Hoo-ston” and “How-ston” are definitely both things.
“De-kab” and “De-kalb”
Haven’t run into the Bowie one.