▲ 146 ▼ TIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas" (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 2 years ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Company I work for is based in Buda but everyone pronounces it "byooduh". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I defer to you then. I just know it's not Booduh like it god damned well should be. Was reminded elsewhere in this thread that we also have a Ne-VAY-duh in Texas, to say nothing of the Native American placenames that almost every state has specifically to fuck with newcomers, even though they undoubtedly moved from a state that has its own examples. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Lol, that's what I thought it was until they corrected me on the phone. I don't live anywhere near there but that's how they say it to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I defer to you then. I just know it's not Booduh like it god damned well should be. Was reminded elsewhere in this thread that we also have a Ne-VAY-duh in Texas, to say nothing of the Native American placenames that almost every state has specifically to fuck with newcomers, even though they undoubtedly moved from a state that has its own examples. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Lol, that's what I thought it was until they corrected me on the phone. I don't live anywhere near there but that's how they say it to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Lol, that's what I thought it was until they corrected me on the phone. I don't live anywhere near there but that's how they say it to me. permalink fedilink source parent