You Americans with your “Kansas is pronounced kan-sas” and “Arkansas is pronounced Argh-kan-sas”.
@yorrike yeah but kansas comes from algonquin, while arkansas comes from a french transliteration from algonquin.
@yorrike I had to sit with with the "can--sess" vs "ar--can--saw" for a moment. The state passed a law in the 1880s to pronounce it Ar-kan-saw, which I only learned about during the April 2024 eclipse. I kept pronouncing it Ar-kan-sass 😂
@kitt Ar-kan-sass is how Kansans pronounce the name of the Arkansas River. I imagine the folks in Arkansas call it the ar-kan-saw.