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mkwt ,

Here’s the really crazy thing.

Ark City, KS is located on the Ar-KAN-sas River. But this is the same river that flows through Little Rock under the name AR-kan-saw.

HobbitFoot ,

There was a disagreement on how to pronounce Arkansas; the first two US senators from Arkansas disagreed on how to say it.

Congress ended up having to request the Arkansas legislature in defining how to pronounce the state name.

tiredofsametab ,

Ohio is great for shit pronunciations of town names.

Bellfountaine - bell FOUN'n (the t drops there in most dialects, some would say 'fountain' with the the first syllable stressed).

Versailles - verSAILS

Medina - muhDYEnuh

FlyingSquid ,
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We have “verSAILS” in Indiana too. Also:

Peru - Pee-roo

Russiaville - Roosha-vil

Lebanon - Leb’nun

My favorite though is that there are two spellings for the Wabash river: Wabash and Ouabache. And despite being in a town that is on the Wabash River, the local Oabache Elementary School is pronounced: Wah-bat-shee.

hate2bme ,

Right down the road from Versailles is the town I grew up in and the movie Hoosiers is based off of. Milan (pronounced my - lan)

tiredofsametab ,

I think y'all also have KAY-row (Cairo) if I remember right. (or maybe that's Illinois?)

victory ,
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My extended family is from a tiny Ohio hill town named Antioch, pronounced “annie-OCK”.

Silverseren ,

That's some high tier psychological damage right there.

mrsemi , (edited )

Miami, Oklahoma (/maɪˈæmə/ my-AM-ə)

Nevada, Missouri (/nɪˈveɪdə/ niv-AY-də)

Natchitoches, Louisiana (/ˈnækətəʃ/ NAK-ə-təsh), or “Nakadish”

Cadeillac ,
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That’s how they pronounce Nevada County in Arkansas. Also, Dierks is Dereks. I’m sure there are more that will come to me

wjrii ,

Natchitoches, Louisiana (/ˈnækətəʃ/ NAK-ə-təsh), or “Nakadish”

Yet Nacogdoches, Texas is more or less how you would think, Nack-uh-doe-chiss.

mrsemi ,

Pretty sure there’s a g in there

kagrocery ,

TBH, I’m a native Kansan and have only ever heard it called “Ark City.”

JustZ ,
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That makes sense. It’s like back in Morocco, how Morocco Mole is just called Mole.

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

And in Brazil, Brazil Nuts are just called nuts.

homesweethomeMrL ,

(X) Doubt

Protoknuckles ,

And on Long Island, it’s just called “tea”.

JustZ ,
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You’ve got it.

Caligvla ,
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They’re actually called Castanha do Pará (Pará Nuts), but whatever.

JustZ ,
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What do they call the in Pará then?

BackOnMyBS ,
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Brazil nuts

NOT_RICK ,
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There’s a Newark NJ and a Newark DE.

The Jersey one is pronounced Newurk and the Delaware one is pronounced New Ark. It’s mildly inconvenient.

wjrii ,

The little town in Texas is also “New Ark”.

Some of my other favorites:

Texas

  • Montague = mon-TAYG (hard ‘g’)
  • Italy = IT-lee (2 syllables)
  • Buda = BUD-duh

Georgia

  • Vienna = VYE-eena
  • Cairo = KAY-roe

Canada (less experience here, tbf)

  • Newfoundland = NEW-fin-LAND (do NOT slur the “land” part. Enunciate!)
JustZ ,
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That’s some certifiable insane shit.

homesweethomeMrL ,

Arab, Alabama. (Ay-rab)

ninjabard ,

Texas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh

Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana.

Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.

tiredofsametab ,

There's also a Newark Ohio which is pronounced something like 'nu-urk' or even 'nurk' by some (the latter I always took as people being silly, but I don't even know anymore).

DaMonsterKnees ,

I, an east coaster, once bought a car from Texarkana. When I learned it was literally on the border of Texas and Arkansas, I think my brain broke. Great share, thanks!

wjrii ,

Well, which Texarkana did you buy it from?

pruwybn ,
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Wait till you hear where Calexico and Mexicali are.

mrsemi ,

The location of Texhoma will shock you

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