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Show Arkansas. The Little Rock Gazette has got everybody every-body mixed up by bringing forward a new pronunciation of the name Arkansas. Arkan-sas. No one but Englishmen or Bosto-nians Bosto-nians pronounce the word as it is spelled. It was understood that the legislature of the state some years ago officially fixed the pronunciation as Arkansaw. Here comes The Gazette, however, with a Eoem entitled "My Happy Little Home l Arkansas," in which the final syllable of Arkansas is made to rhyme first with "flow" and then with "below." This indicates that the native pronunciation of the name is not Arkansaw but Arkan-sow, Arkan-sow, and we are at sea again. The Ar-kansawyers Ar-kansawyers or the Arkansowers should settle this matter once for all. It is becoming be-coming puzzling and annoying. Perhaps Per-haps Mr. Opie Read, the Arkansaw Traveler, could put an end to the dispute. dis-pute. Chicago Herald. |
