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Oh, and while we were at the parade, I took advantage of a free moment to interview Ryan, Nate's roommate from college, who hails from Missouri. Adam has been trying to convince me that the pronunciation of "Arkansas" should be Ark-Kansas. I wanted the pronunciation perspective of an Arkansas-border-state-resident. Here's Ryan's pontification of the pronunciation of "Arkansas" at the 2009 Rhinebeck Memorial Day Parade.