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[โ€“] kender242@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

2010 Arkansas Code Title 1 - General Provisions Chapter 4 - State Symbols, Motto, Etc ยง 1-4-105 - Pronunciation of state name.

Be it therefore resolved by both houses of the General Assembly, that the only true pronunciation of the name of the state, in the opinion of this body, is that received by the French from the native Indians and committed to writing in the French word representing the sound. It should be pronounced in three (3) syllables, with the final "s" silent, the "a" in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables. The pronunciation with the accent on the second syllable with the sound of "a" in "man" and the sounding of the terminal "s" is an innovation to be discouraged.