Copying these from the other thread...
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Originally Posted by loochy
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
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.
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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.