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If you have not been, a visit to Bentonville will be an eye opener. The amount of economic activity and the art scene there is amazing. Driven by Walton money for sure but quite amazing to see.

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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan (Post 17460248)

If you have not been, a visit to Bentonville will be an eye opener. The amount of economic activity and the art scene there is amazing. Driven by Walton money for sure but quite amazing to see.

And the bicycling! The area is growing like a wild fire. A lot of changes happening. Unfortunately the negatives will probably outweigh the positives.

Pork chops and Arkansas’s

Copying these from the other thread...

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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 17459810)

Arkansas' or Arkansas's are both correct.

The pronunciation would be ARK AN SAWS or ARK AN SAW ZIS

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 17460097)

I think this is why I like having no second s at the end. It's easier to pronounce Arkan-saws than to add an extra syllable.

As I think about this more fully, the confusion definitely stems from the silent S at the end of Arkansas (ARK AN SAW). Though I'm in the obvious minority based on the poll, the most accurate option by the "rules" would be "Arkansas's" (with a caveat that the English language is riddled with broken rules), but since the S is silent, the possessive would be pronounced ARK AN SAWS even though it's spelled that way. So either way, that's the correct pronunciation, and it's just a matter of how it's written out.