boromir125 wrote:That pronunciation only works if you're talking about the state. There is also a river, in Kansas I believe that is spelled the same way as the state, but is pronounced "Ar-kansas" river. To be fair, there are any number of places that have the same spelling/pronunciation issues; the one that comes to my mind is in Maine (I lived there a lifetime ago). Up north, or is it Downeast, there is a town spelled Calais, which the French would pronounce as "Cal-ay", but Mainers, being Mainers call it "Cal-is" looking down on anyone who would say it differently. And lastly, also in Maine is St. Agatha...Post office, general store and gas station and year round population of about 4. To us mere mortals, that is St. Agatha, but to those living there, it is St. "Agat".
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Speaking of Maine... What about Bangor? Locally pronounced as Ban-gah. I have family just north of there in Lincoln and I was stationed at NAS Brunswick for a year.
And here in Minnesota there are a few that caught me unawares. Any good Italian, such as yours truly, would recognize this word as "Milan" (Mill-on) but here in Minnesota it's pronounced My-lan. Michigan has one too and it's pronounced My-lan also. Albert Lea, Minnesota is pronounced Albert LEE.
I had a co-worker who was from the great state of Missouri but anybody with half a brain knows it's pronounced Missur-ah.
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