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I intend this to be a fun thread.
When Yosemite was announced as the new OS, I commented that the pronunciation of the name might pose a problem for those for whom English was not their first language and, indeed, for those with English, but who were less well acquainted with the National Park of the same name.
There was a brief flurry of correspondence, and someone from the US said "just as well it wasn't Arkansas".
My first purpose in starting this thread is to ask, briefly, how the name Arkansas came to be pronounced "Arkansaw"? There must be a story there somewhere.
Secondly, how about folks suggesting genuine place names where the spelling and the pronunciation are way different making it highly unlikely a stranger would get it right.
I'm a proud Scot and offer three genuine places in Scotland and invite my friends to guess at the pronunciation: Kirkcudbright; Milngavie; Culzean. The latter may resonate with my US friends because of a connection with General Eisenhower.
Ian
When Yosemite was announced as the new OS, I commented that the pronunciation of the name might pose a problem for those for whom English was not their first language and, indeed, for those with English, but who were less well acquainted with the National Park of the same name.
There was a brief flurry of correspondence, and someone from the US said "just as well it wasn't Arkansas".
My first purpose in starting this thread is to ask, briefly, how the name Arkansas came to be pronounced "Arkansaw"? There must be a story there somewhere.
Secondly, how about folks suggesting genuine place names where the spelling and the pronunciation are way different making it highly unlikely a stranger would get it right.
I'm a proud Scot and offer three genuine places in Scotland and invite my friends to guess at the pronunciation: Kirkcudbright; Milngavie; Culzean. The latter may resonate with my US friends because of a connection with General Eisenhower.
Ian