in the following manner:

AR-CAN-ZUS

Then your presence in no longer required in the land of the living. You should run a bathtub full of water and drown yourself immediately.

4/8/2008 5:29:48 PM

Or you could just be wrong. No need to kill yourself, that seems a little harsh, guy.

4/8/2008 5:30:30 PM

i bet thats how it was originally pronounced

4/8/2008 5:30:34 PM

What about Kansas as KAN-SAW

4/8/2008 5:30:57 PM

I think my head just exploded

4/8/2008 5:31:24 PM

Quote :

"You should run a bathtub full of water and drown yourself immediately. play with something electric. "

4/8/2008 5:32:00 PM

Quote :

"Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836. In the early days of statehood, a couple of U.S. Senators had some disagreement on the spelling and pronunciation of Arkansas. One preferred to be called the senator from Arkan"saw" and the other preferred to be called the senator from Ar"Kansas". In 1881, the conflict was resolved when the state General Assembly passed a resolution stating that the state's name was to be spelled "Arkansas" but pronounced Arkan"saw"."

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM. Reason : how very interesting]

4/8/2008 5:32:57 PM

I learned something new today

I got a new motha fuckin wrinkle in my cerebral cortex!

4/8/2008 5:34:31 PM

Have you ever had Crasfish in Arkansas?

4/8/2008 5:34:58 PM

omg

do people actually pronounce it

Quote :

"AR-CAN-ZUS"

and

Quote :

"KAN-SAW"

wow. just wow.

4/8/2008 5:35:15 PM

ILLI-NOISE

4/8/2008 5:35:24 PM

No, but it'd be funny if they did.

4/8/2008 5:35:44 PM

I heard "AR-CAN-ZUS" for the first time a few weeks ago. I was floored. I was so bothered by this that I carried this disappointment for a few weeks until it caused me to make a thread full of rage, hate, and anger.

I'm even more angry than I was that one time Joie hit Lisa The Beagle with a golf club.

4/8/2008 5:38:29 PM

Ask sawahash.

4/8/2008 5:39:17 PM

SALL-MUN

4/8/2008 5:40:06 PM

Quote :

"that seems a little harsh, guy."

i'm not your guy, buddy.

4/8/2008 5:41:22 PM

I say ar-kan-sas simply to piss people like emce off

4/8/2008 5:42:25 PM

Our Kansas.... not yours

4/8/2008 5:53:30 PM

MISSOURRA

ILLINOISE

LEESIANA

4/8/2008 5:55:40 PM

Quote :

"ILLI-NOISE"

I do that

4/8/2008 5:56:07 PM

ehe

4/8/2008 6:04:27 PM

NEW-BRASKA

4/8/2008 6:04:51 PM

how about Virginia with a hard G!

4/8/2008 6:12:13 PM

Same applies for the people that say "Murr-land"

4/8/2008 6:15:34 PM

north cackalacky

4/8/2008 6:39:43 PM

Les Miles, LSU's head football coach, pronounced it "Ar-kansas" on national TV

4/8/2008 7:53:46 PM

^^^ ahhhh that's one of my pet peeves!

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 7:54 PM. Reason : ^]

4/8/2008 7:54:25 PM

I thought there was a place called Ar-Kansas... dunno

4/8/2008 8:39:31 PM

I'm not your buddy, guy.

I always wondered why it is not said bi-cycle instead of cicle

4/8/2008 8:46:28 PM

On a semi-related note -

A portrait or image is a "PICK-TURE", not a "PITCHER."

I will not require any bathtub dramatics, but I do require proper pronounciation of a simple word for which there is no basis for debate.

OH!!!

And when you put something in the ground, you "BARRY" it. The u is not a short u.

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2008 8:53:00 PM

i'm not your guy, friend

4/8/2008 9:06:02 PM

I'm not your friend, buddy!

4/8/2008 9:20:41 PM

My mom works in insurance and her territory is Kansas. There is an Arkansas City, Kansas and they will correct you unless you say it AR-CAN-ZUS.

4/8/2008 9:45:38 PM

I run both Arcanus and Myrror.

4/8/2008 9:53:31 PM

I'm not your guy, friend!

4/8/2008 9:54:22 PM

i'm not your friend, buddy

4/8/2008 9:55:35 PM

Yeah, I lived in Kansas for several years and most people out there pronounce it like Ar-kansas (ar-can-zus as the OP said). still gets on my nerves to this day

4/8/2008 9:56:18 PM

'??kn??s??

FUCK SHIT PISS

4/8/2008 9:58:02 PM

arkanshithole?

4/8/2008 10:01:37 PM

GEORGIE

4/8/2008 10:02:57 PM

$Texas

4/8/2008 10:03:14 PM

Arkansas huh? Little Rock's a fine town.

4/8/2008 10:07:52 PM

ILLI-NOISE is my pet peeve

4/8/2008 10:18:41 PM

Blackbeard beached his ship so hard he endend up in the middle of the US. He jumps down and says "I can saw down all these trees in 1 day." Hence the dumb locals call it Arrcansaw.

4/8/2008 10:30:23 PM