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01 Feb 2010, 1:27 am

Did anyone one else mispronounce Connecticut when they first saw it? I first saw the word when I was in the third grade. It was imprinted on one of those collectors' coins. I pronounced it like connect-a-cut until one of my classmates corrected me. What is the state of Connecticut named after anyway? :?



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01 Feb 2010, 6:25 am

I think that I did, when I was younger. I don't really remember.


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01 Feb 2010, 6:49 am

I did - also got Marra-lund and Arkan-saw wrong until hearing them. :)


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01 Feb 2010, 7:35 pm

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What is the state of Connecticut named after anyway?


Its a native american (Mohegan) word meaning "Place of long tidal river".



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01 Feb 2010, 7:57 pm

Descartes wrote:
Did anyone one else mispronounce Connecticut when they first saw it? I first saw the word when I was in the third grade. It was imprinted on one of those collectors' coins. I pronounced it like connect-a-cut until one of my classmates corrected me. What is the state of Connecticut named after anyway? :?


How does one mispronounce a state? Are you referring to "Connecticut" which is a word?

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02 Feb 2010, 8:49 am

Descartes wrote:
Did anyone one else mispronounce Connecticut when they first saw it? I first saw the word when I was in the third grade. It was imprinted on one of those collectors' coins. I pronounced it like connect-a-cut until one of my classmates corrected me. What is the state of Connecticut named after anyway? :?


I did the same thing with Maryland, expect I pronounced it "mary-land".



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05 Feb 2010, 4:11 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Descartes wrote:
Did anyone one else mispronounce Connecticut when they first saw it? I first saw the word when I was in the third grade. It was imprinted on one of those collectors' coins. I pronounced it like connect-a-cut until one of my classmates corrected me. What is the state of Connecticut named after anyway? :?


How does one mispronounce a state? Are you referring to "Connecticut" which is a word?

ruveyn

Like, when someone who hasn't heard of them see the state names 'Arkansas' and Kansas'.

(hehehehehe)

Also, the proper pronunciation of 'Hawaii' includes a glottal stop between the two 'i's.

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