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-square62fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down18
arrow-up1146arrow-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-square62fedilink
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months 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-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoMichigan has a Maine accent…
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoOh, don’t forget putting towns named after some of the military officials that subjugated them on their reservation land.
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.
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…
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.