Quelle unter anderen: Traveler's Guide to Arkansas | Activities 5-8 | History | ARKan-SAW or Ar-KANSASDuring the early days of statehood, Arkansas' two U.S. Senators were divided on the spelling and pronunciation. One was always introduced as the senator from "ARkanSAW" and the other as the senator from "Ar-KANSAS." In 1881, the state's General Assembly passed a resolution declaring that the state's name should be spelled "Arkansas" but pronounced "Arkansaw."
The pronunciation preserves the memory of the Indians who were the original inhabitants of our state, while the spelling clearly dictates the nationality of the French adventurers who first explored this area.
Quelle: Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe name "Arkansas" derives from the same root as the name for the state of Kansas. The Kansas tribe of Native Americans are closely associated with the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. The word "Arkansas" itself is a French pronunciation ("Arcansas") of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word "akakaze" meaning "land of downriver people" or the Sioux word "Akakaze" meaning "people of the south wind". The pronunciation of Arkansas was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881, after a dispute between the two U.S. Senators from Arkansas. One wanted to pronounce the name /ɑrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs and the other wanted /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw
Ja, aber dann würdigt man ja nicht die First Nation mit, wenn man sich einer französischen Aussprache bedient. Diese Begründung hinkt ja nun wirklich
Man bedient sich nicht der franzoesischen Aussprache sondern deren Schreibweise, die Aussprache stammt eben aus dem Native American Sprachgebrauch.
Quelle: Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Die Schreibweise basiert demnach auf der franzoesischen Aussprache des Native American Wort "akakaze" -> "Arcansas" woraus dann eben schriftlich erstmal Arkansas wurde. Ueber die Aussprache wurde sich dann wohl gestritten und sie wurde in 1881 endlich durch einen Entscheid festgelegt in Richtung der Native American Aussprache, die in Richtung Franzoesisch dagegen wurde abgelehnt.
http://anythingarkansas.com/arkapediaThe state is the only one with an official pronunciation..."that received by the French from the Native Indians, and committed in writing by the French word representing the sound; and in accordance with same it should be pronounced in three syllables, with the final 's' silent, the 'a' in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables." This traditional form "ARKansaw" was made official by the Arkansas state legislature in 1881.