arKANsas

[Barbara Need]

Yes, that was discussed on the list back in 2003!

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago

On 18 May 2010, at 6:19 PM, James Harbeck wrote:

> Barbara Need wrote:
>> I just heard Sen Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) pronounce the name of her
>> state arKANsas with the stress on the sedon syllable, and the final
>> s!
>
> Last I heard, there was actually a law against mispronouncing the
> state name on the books in Arkansas. Though if there is I don't think
> it's enforced much.

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