RAA 10 marble Falls, Arkansas 2015

[Triple Trouble]

I've got to go early if I get to party a few extra days with you guys. Where do we book?

 

[1olbull]

All I could find is Kansas comes from Indian for "South Wind" and Arkansas is a French interpretation of Indian for "downstream place".
Makes NO darn sense to me???

@TO rocket English Bob,
I did a little more research . . .
The Kansas meaning is actually "Break Wind" and the R-Kansas is "Down Wind Stinky".

 

[mexican]

So Arkansas means fart????

 

[Triple Trouble]

@1olbull Sounds like a must visit place. Must be something to do with the possum pie and fried pickles, both of which i intend to try

 

[Triple Trouble]

The name Arkansas has been pronounced and spelled in a variety of fashions. The region was organized as the Territory of Arkansaw on July 4, 1819, but the final entent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas on June 15, 1836. The name was historically pronounced /ˈɑrkənsɔː/, /ɑrˈkænzəs/, and several other variants. In 1881, the Arkansas General Assembly passed the following concurrent resolution (Arkansas Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 4, Section 105):
Whereas, confusion of practice has arisen in the pronunciation of the name of our state and it is deemed important that the true pronunciation should be determined for use in oral official proceedings.

And, whereas, the matter has been thoroughly investigated by the State Historical Society and the Eclectic Society of Little Rock, which have agreed upon the correct pronunciation as derived from history, and the early usage of the American immigrants.

Be it therefore resolved by both houses of the General Assembly, that the only true pronunciation of the name of the state, in the opinion of this body, is that received by the French from the native Indians and committed to writing in the French word representing the sound. It should be pronounced in three (3) syllables, with the final "s" silent, the "a" in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables. The pronunciation with the accent on the second syllable with the sound of "a" in "man" and the sounding of the terminal "s" is an innovation to be discouraged.

Citizens of the State of Kansas often pronounce the Arkansas River as /ɑrˈkænzəs ˈrɪvər/ in a manner similar to the common pronunciation of the name of their state

So there you have it.​

 

[1olbull]

Well, Duk O' Death,
Sounds like more political BS to me!
I guess since Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15,1836 and Kansas not until January 29, 1861 they can be called anything they wish, compared to Kansas.
Still haven't found a reason why the names are so similar.

 

[nolton]

@1olbull Sounds like a must visit place. Must be something to do with the possum pie and fried pickles, both of which i intend to try

I will be sure to get you a can of fish a$$ holes to go with that.

 

[nolton]

@TO rocket

What about the pronunciation of Atachafalaya & Natchitoches?

Spell check don't like them.

 

[R3Tex]

I'm in for the raid

 

[Steel]

@TO rocket

What about the pronunciation of Atachafalaya & Natchitoches?

Spell check don't like them.

Don't forget Tchopotoulis.