this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
480 points (95.5% liked)

Greentext

6639 readers
2012 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

American city names: New-removedshire-Upon-My-Ass

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have they decided which of Arkansas and Kansas is pronounced correctly? I assume that's what their civil war was about.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Arkansas is the one which was originally named, it comes from the french name of one of the tribes that lived in the region. Kansas just thought it sounded cool.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Then can you explain where, exactly, they're carrying those wayward sons?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I dunno, but there'll be peace when they are done.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It's easy when they're just dust in the wind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is a Kansa tribe. No need to erase natives over interstate bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Didnt know, just kinda assumed due to how often states either split or names get recycled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

While in Kansas the Arkansas River is pronounced arr-kansas. Otherwise it's Arkansaw.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You can say removed, it's the internet.

Eidt: wow you actually can't. That's stupid. Literally 1984.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That will be your instances fault everyone else is absolutely fine. Lemmy.world admins are awful.

Anyway we should all be on smaller instances just on general principle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's lemmy.world for ya ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

New Bundleofsticksshire-Upon-My-Ass