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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Arkansan is an interesting one to me.

Is it like Arkanzin (how you would say Kansan plus the Ar- part) or more like Arkanson (with the softer s)?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Inz or enz.

The folks I know from there often elide the vowel heavily so that it sounds more like arkanzn

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