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Help me with this...

Dec 29, 2016, 8:39 PM

Why is it pronounced Arc-can-saw, but the other state is pronounced Can-sis?

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French fur traders from Louisiana pronounced it that way and it stuck***

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Dec 29, 2016, 8:44 PM

Haha and sadly illiterate southern farmers, mainly from Tennessee and WV came to Kansas and pronounced it another

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Dec 29, 2016, 8:44 PM

We can thank the French. Arkansas was named for the French plural of a Native American tribe, while Kansas is the English spelling of a similar one. Since the letter "s" at the end of French words is usually silent, we pronounce Bill Clinton's home state "Arkansaw.

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