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DeadSite
06/27/18 3:29:06 PM
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Hmmm?
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stoltenberg11
06/27/18 3:29:41 PM
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because those rednecks can't spell or read
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Gheb
06/27/18 3:30:14 PM
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Different tribal pronunciations based on region.
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 3:36:48 PM
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Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.
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OwlRammer
06/27/18 3:37:22 PM
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Balrog0
06/27/18 3:37:46 PM
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Kansas is a native tribe. Arkansas was settled by francophone speakers, Kansas was settled by english speakers. It is pronounced differently because of that.
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DeadSite
06/27/18 3:37:55 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 3:42:12 PM
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DeadSite posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense

Hey man don't question what's been true since the beginning of time.
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Balrog0
06/27/18 3:42:40 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
DeadSite posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense

Hey man don't question what's been true since the beginning of time.


do you guys know how proper nouns work?
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 3:44:04 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
DeadSite posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense

Hey man don't question what's been true since the beginning of time.


do you guys know how proper nouns work?

I just go by whatever I've been told at school.
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DeadSite
06/27/18 3:45:23 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
DeadSite posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense

Hey man don't question what's been true since the beginning of time.


do you guys know how proper nouns work?

Just because someone spells their name Jeff and wants you to pronounce it Larry doesn't mean it makes sense
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KStateKing17
06/27/18 3:46:58 PM
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josifrees
06/27/18 3:47:09 PM
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 3:47:21 PM
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DeadSite posted...
Balrog0 posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
DeadSite posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...
Because that's how it's been pronounced for hundreds of years.

Doesn't mean it makes sense

Hey man don't question what's been true since the beginning of time.


do you guys know how proper nouns work?

Just because someone spells their name Jeff and wants you to pronounce it Larry doesn't mean it makes sense

But teachers are never wrong!
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BlueJester007
06/27/18 3:48:01 PM
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Because you can Ark over a Saw
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Questionmarktarius
06/27/18 3:48:34 PM
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Blame the French.
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Balrog0
06/27/18 3:49:58 PM
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DeadSite posted...
Just because someone spells their name Jeff and wants you to pronounce it Larry doesn't mean it makes sense


I never said it did. personally I find the fact that the two territories were settled by different people in different languages that pronounce different clusters of letters differently to be much different than someone who spells his name j-e-f-f wanting it to be pronounced larry, but you are allowed your opinion

Darkrobotisback posted...
But teachers are never wrong!


I didn't learn that in school but nice one
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Alexanaxela
06/27/18 3:50:29 PM
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arkansas was first to the union anyway, so kansas should be pronounced kan-saw
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DirkDiggles
06/27/18 3:51:00 PM
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It's hard to make the "s" sound without teeth.

BTW. Did you guys know that the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas?
If it were invented elsewhere, it would have been called a teethbrush.
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Solid Snake07
06/27/18 3:59:09 PM
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Why is Kansas not pronounced kan-saw?
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Questionmarktarius
06/27/18 4:00:22 PM
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Why is there approximately seventeen pronunciations of Missouri?
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 4:01:12 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Why is there approximately seventeen pronunciations of Missouri?


Now this is news to me.
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Questionmarktarius
06/27/18 4:03:22 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
Why is there approximately seventeen pronunciations of Missouri?


Now this is news to me.

Slight exaggeration, but not by much
http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/Missouri%20Folklore%20Studies/THE%20PRONONCIATION%20OF%20MISSOURI.htm
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Darkrobotisback
06/27/18 4:05:55 PM
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Missourita sounds fantastic!
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chaoyun2k
06/27/18 5:18:17 PM
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It is from the Bible, Genesis 8 verse 13,
Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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