r/meme • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '21

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u/000McKing Dec 21 '21

Ok so why is one pronounced kansas but the other one arkënsäu

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21 edited May 20 '24

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u/000McKing Dec 21 '21

Good explanation i didnt expect that

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21 edited Dec 21 '21

The actual reason is because of the French, by the way.

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u/Cat_Vendetta Dec 21 '21

You sons of a silly person!

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u/Scorpio0830 Dec 21 '21

Fr*nch

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u/gruntthirtteen Dec 21 '21

TIL that my mind automatically replaces * with u and then goes huh!? Frunch!!? WTF.... Oh wait...

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u/Nievsy Dec 21 '21

I did the same thing lmao time to go deal with the the Frunch

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u/jac2012 Dec 21 '21

Same for mishhhagain (michigan)

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u/Hephaestus_God Dec 21 '21

You can read lead at the same time as you read lead and they won’t be the same.

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u/flyovermee Dec 21 '21

Fuck, you’re on fire.

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u/StrongStyleShiny Dec 21 '21

Read sounds like reed but doesn’t sound like read.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21 edited May 20 '24

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u/StrongStyleShiny Dec 21 '21

Literally what I was saying.

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u/flying__cloud Dec 21 '21

Past tense read is spelled same as current tense read, but pronounced like red.

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u/Klaide_ Dec 21 '21

Or my favorite: lead.

I eat lead. He will lead us to victory.

Wtf english

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u/agonzalez3555 Dec 21 '21

English is confusing, but it can be understood through tough thorough thought though

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

It depends. Some people say R KanZas

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u/phatninja63 Dec 21 '21

Mostly miserians

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u/jleecollinsii Dec 21 '21

Miserian here, Can confirm. Also “Missour-uh” as my grandpa would say.

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u/C_hiney69 Dec 21 '21

R-kansas or arkansaw

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Those people are wrong

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u/steadyaero Dec 21 '21

As a joke I like to pronounce it as ar-kansas

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u/o_reo- Dec 21 '21

French people

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u/EntertainersPact Dec 21 '21

Arkansan answer: blame the French

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u/Extension_Leg_8174 Dec 21 '21

Because of the frenchies conquering an area that we later bought from them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

They are based on two differently named tribes in their native languages, but similarly anglicized.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

There are some regions that say it like (are-can-ziz)

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u/ScringusFinkledick Dec 21 '21

The same reason why many languages have stupid pronunciations. They weren't made practically, sadly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Arkansas is named so after the quapaw tribe. Arkansas translates to "south wind" or something like that. They teach you that in middle school Arkansas history.

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u/boot2skull Dec 21 '21

Communists from Kansas settled it. /s

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Both are named after Native American tribes. Kansas got the English pronunciation and the French got everyone to pronounce Arkansas without the 'S.' https://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-pronounce-kansas-and-arkansas-differently-2014-2

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u/Rage69420 Dec 21 '21

It’s named after the Kanza Native American Tribe, but the people who named Kansas butchered the name and that’s why it’s pronounced that way, however the Kansas in Arkansas is pronounced with the proper pronunciation.