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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Houston--Street or City? #31441 06/06/2001 10:06 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Lived downtown in NYC for awhile...so I know Houston Street well, of troy! In Atlantic City (NJ) they practice the same strange linguistic dichotomy with Arkansas Street...pronouncing it 'ARE--kansas' instead of ' ARE--can--saw' like the state...don't know why. Just a localism, I guess. Which brings to mind this question...Why do we pronounce Kansas one way and Arkansas another? Anybody have the background on this one? ( I would assume it has to do with has to do with American Indian tribal language) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Houston--Street or City? of troy 06/06/2001 8:40 PM Re: Houston--Street or City? WhitmanO'Neill 06/06/2001 10:06 PM Re: Arkansas NicholasW 06/07/2001 11:21 AM Re: Houston--Street or City? Fiberbabe 06/07/2001 11:43 AM Re: Houston--Street or City? Geoff 06/07/2001 12:44 PM Re: Arkansas Sparteye 06/07/2001 1:49 PM Re: Arkansas rodward 06/07/2001 3:22 PM Re: Arkansas Faldage 06/07/2001 3:44 PM Re: Houston--Street or City? wow 06/07/2001 7:01 PM Re: Picataqua AnnaStrophic 06/07/2001 9:04 PM Re: Picataqua wow 06/08/2001 7:17 PM Re: Picataqua Faldage 06/08/2001 7:33 PM Picataqua WhitmanO'Neill 06/08/2001 1:11 AM Re: Picataqua of troy 06/08/2001 12:38 PM Spread Fred Flatlander 06/08/2001 7:34 PM Re: Spread Fred Sparteye 06/11/2001 12:00 PM Re: Spread Fred of troy 06/11/2001 12:13 PM Re: Picataqua WhitmanO'Neill 06/15/2001 1:51 AM Re: Picataqua of troy 06/15/2001 12:46 PM Scenic NJ Bobyoungbalt 06/15/2001 2:48 PM Re: Scenic NJ Bobyoungbalt 06/15/2001 2:54 PM Re: Scenic NJ Fiberbabe 06/15/2001 4:49 PM Re: Scenic NJ of troy 06/15/2001 6:17 PM Re: Scenic NJ WhitmanO'Neill 06/16/2001 3:02 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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