Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down18
arrow-up1145arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoHere’s the really crazy thing. Ark City, KS is located on the Ar-KAN-sas River. But this is the same river that flows through Little Rock under the name AR-kan-saw.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoWe come through and destroy an entire native civilization, and as a final “fuck you” we butcher their dead languages and name military equipment after them.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOh, don’t forget putting towns named after some of the military officials that subjugated them on their reservation land.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThe Mackinac Bridge connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is in Mackinaw City. There is a nearby island, Mackinac. The bridge is mackin-awwh. The city is mackin-awwh. The island is mackin-awwh.
minus-squareaaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMichigan has a Maine accent…
Here’s the really crazy thing.
Ark City, KS is located on the Ar-KAN-sas River. But this is the same river that flows through Little Rock under the name AR-kan-saw.
We come through and destroy an entire native civilization, and as a final “fuck you” we butcher their dead languages and name military equipment after them.
Oh, don’t forget putting towns named after some of the military officials that subjugated them on their reservation land.
The Mackinac Bridge connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is in Mackinaw City. There is a nearby island, Mackinac.
The bridge is mackin-awwh.
The city is mackin-awwh.
The island is mackin-awwh.
Michigan has a Maine accent…