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Thread #5689 Message #3299904
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
31-Jan-12 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Down in the Arkansas (Jimmy Driftwood)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in the Arkansas (Jimmy Driftwood)
Leeneia, a state law passed in Arkansas in 1881 officially makes the pronunciation "Ar-kin-saw" in that great state.
Furriners (Kansas and Colorado) mistakenly call it the Ar-'kan-sas River