Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 1 year 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-up1152
arrow-up1152external-linkTIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoOh, don’t forget putting towns named after some of the military officials that subjugated them on their reservation land.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year 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.
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…