2007-04-10 06:31:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It's actually pronounced both ways.
I live in Kansas and we pronounce it Are-Kansas.
2007-04-10 06:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jason The Great 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state name Arkansas derives from the name of an Siouan people who lived in the valley of the Arkansas River. The area was first settled by the French, who usually used the spelling Arkansa to refer to the tribe and to the village in which they lived. They used the plural, Arkansas, to refer to members of the tribe.
The state of Kansas, also named by the French for an Indian people they called the Kansa, and with the -s representing a French plural (Kansas), dropped the French pronunciation entirely and adopted an English pronunciation based on the Kansas spelling, which is why the pronunciation of Kansas and Arkansas differ.
2007-04-10 15:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by arkcaver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the person who said that people from Arkansas aren't very bright, I say
Bill Walton -- founder of WalMart
Malclom Forbes-- late bazillionaire who also created
Lake of the Ozarks
Bill Clinton -- President of the US, former governor and
Rhodes scholar
The Rockefeller Family -- a few of whom were governors
People, if you don't know what you're spewing about, button up.
2007-04-10 13:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by ladsmrt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Arkansas City Kansas and pronounce it the way you pronounce the state of Arkansas and they will kill you.
2007-04-10 13:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because are kansas sounds like you are going to ask a question, like 'are Kansas people dumb?' Just joking, btw, if you are from Kansas. I have a cousin in Kansas and he's not too dumb, lol.
2007-04-10 13:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being a citzen of Kansas i assure you we taught them how to prounounce it.
but there were indian tribes one the kansans and arkansas
2007-04-10 13:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh the joy of the English language!
2007-04-10 13:34:39 · answer #7 · answered by natsuko1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause the folk in Mississippi would sure enough have problems prounouceing theirs.
2007-04-10 13:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's illegal to misprononce "arkansas" while in said state (true story)
2007-04-10 13:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by fear of the dark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it? That's why everyone was laughing at me in Geography class. Teenagers were so cruel when I was a pup.
2007-04-10 13:34:21 · answer #10 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋