• mkwt@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Here’s the really crazy thing.

    Ark City, KS is located on the Ar-KAN-sas River. But this is the same river that flows through Little Rock under the name AR-kan-saw.

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      2 months ago

      We come through and destroy an entire native civilization, and as a final “fuck you” we butcher their dead languages and name military equipment after them.

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      The Mackinac Bridge connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is in Mackinaw City. There is a nearby island, Mackinac.

      The bridge is mackin-awwh.
      The city is mackin-awwh.
      The island is mackin-awwh.