5:44 They're different, because Arkansas' name's origin is French while Kansas' name comes from english. (So Arkansas is pronounced the French way and Kansas the English way)
Very impressed by your ability to remember your mistakes and correct them all in the next game. I wish I could do this as quickly in geoguessr. As far as why Kansas is pronounced so differently than Arkansas - well, as you might expect, it's a little confusing. The word "Kansas" is an english plural of the name of a Sioux tribe of the region called "Kansa". The word "Arkansas" came from a different Sioux tribe which was called "Akansa" by the Algonquin tribe (it had other names as well but "Akansa" stuck). "Akansa" turned into "Arkansas", but the modern pronunciation of "AR-kan-saw" apparently wasn't fully accepted until it was ruled to be the official pronunciation over the alternate "Ar-KAN-zis" by the state legislature in the late 19th century. So there you go. Semi-useless information, but kinda interesting.
and the S at the end of Arkansas is silent because that spelling is from French - it was part of the Louisiana Purchase. of course, Kansas was also part of the Louisiana Purchase, but that's just to make it confusing all over again lmao though through double checking this, I was surprised to see Illinois wasn't part of the Louisiana Purchase, I made an assumption based on the name and didn't realise the actual purchase was all west of the Mississippi
I believe Arkansas was named after the French word for the tribe, and then an 's' was added to the end to make it plural and in French the 's' in plurals is silent.
Tip for Arizona and New Mexico: Most people can find California, so if you go east from there, the first letter of the states spell C-A-N-T. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. Vermont is shaped like a V, and the other one is New Hampshire. Mississippi, Alabama and George = MAG. I'm not going to get into politics but you can see the reference there. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana border each other from west to east. Three of the letter I. Then another vowel, O for Ohio. IIIO. Going north to south: Washington, Oregon and Nevada = WON (I'm excluding California because most people know that one.)
Rhode Island is called that because it was an anglicized version of the Dutch words for “Red Island” or because of an Italian explorer who named it after Rhodes, and then when the British founded the colony of Providence, the name was changed to Providence Plantations. After becoming a state, it was called the “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, but the Providence Plantations was removed in 2020 because of the word Plantations having connections to slavery. To make things more confusing, there is an island that is part of Rhode Island that is called “Rhode Island”, although it is usually referred to as “Aquidneck Island” so it isn’t confused with the name of the state.
I had the same question as Peter before he brought it up in the video. Thanks for the explanation! Is the city of Providence the same as the colony established by the British?
The best way not to mess up Mississippi and Alabama (which I also used to mix up) is that its western border is the Mississippi River, which you can see snaking north in the borders throughout most of the country (Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois).
@@GeoPeter And the Mississippi River starts in Minnesota, which starts with the letter M. The Missouri river starts in Montana, another M state, and ends in Missouri (where it joins the Mississippi River).
Learning the US states was my gateway into geography. Next I learned the US capitals, then all the countries, then all the capitals, then all the flags, then the UK counties and capitals, then the states of a few other countries. I don't think it's possible to learn the states of all the countries in the world, but it would be so cool to know them all!
The most confusing part for me is some of the southern states (Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma). But of course, that’s speaking from someone who lives in NY state…
Dear GeoPeter Sir, I am just curious about the outro, why does the videos don't have it anymore? Love your content and videos! Thank you so much for the fun :D
After "slov" come the letters A and E. A is first in the alphabet and Slovakia is further north than Slovenia. Latvia and Lithuania: the second letter of each is A and I, and A comes before I in the alphabet.
5:44 They're different, because Arkansas' name's origin is French while Kansas' name comes from english. (So Arkansas is pronounced the French way and Kansas the English way)
Thanks for the explanation! :)
Very impressed by your ability to remember your mistakes and correct them all in the next game. I wish I could do this as quickly in geoguessr.
As far as why Kansas is pronounced so differently than Arkansas - well, as you might expect, it's a little confusing. The word "Kansas" is an english plural of the name of a Sioux tribe of the region called "Kansa". The word "Arkansas" came from a different Sioux tribe which was called "Akansa" by the Algonquin tribe (it had other names as well but "Akansa" stuck). "Akansa" turned into "Arkansas", but the modern pronunciation of "AR-kan-saw" apparently wasn't fully accepted until it was ruled to be the official pronunciation over the alternate "Ar-KAN-zis" by the state legislature in the late 19th century. So there you go. Semi-useless information, but kinda interesting.
Thanks for explaining! ^^
and the S at the end of Arkansas is silent because that spelling is from French - it was part of the Louisiana Purchase. of course, Kansas was also part of the Louisiana Purchase, but that's just to make it confusing all over again lmao
though through double checking this, I was surprised to see Illinois wasn't part of the Louisiana Purchase, I made an assumption based on the name and didn't realise the actual purchase was all west of the Mississippi
I believe Arkansas was named after the French word for the tribe, and then an 's' was added to the end to make it plural and in French the 's' in plurals is silent.
Tip for Arizona and New Mexico: Most people can find California, so if you go east from there, the first letter of the states spell C-A-N-T. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.
Vermont is shaped like a V, and the other one is New Hampshire.
Mississippi, Alabama and George = MAG. I'm not going to get into politics but you can see the reference there.
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana border each other from west to east. Three of the letter I. Then another vowel, O for Ohio. IIIO.
Going north to south: Washington, Oregon and Nevada = WON (I'm excluding California because most people know that one.)
Thanks for the tips! They will help me for sure!
Rhode Island is called that because it was an anglicized version of the Dutch words for “Red Island” or because of an Italian explorer who named it after Rhodes, and then when the British founded the colony of Providence, the name was changed to Providence Plantations. After becoming a state, it was called the “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, but the Providence Plantations was removed in 2020 because of the word Plantations having connections to slavery.
To make things more confusing, there is an island that is part of Rhode Island that is called “Rhode Island”, although it is usually referred to as “Aquidneck Island” so it isn’t confused with the name of the state.
Oh, wow! Thanks for the info! 😄
Very interesting thanks
I had the same question as Peter before he brought it up in the video. Thanks for the explanation! Is the city of Providence the same as the colony established by the British?
The best way not to mess up Mississippi and Alabama (which I also used to mix up) is that its western border is the Mississippi River, which you can see snaking north in the borders throughout most of the country (Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois).
That's a good tip! Thanks for sharing!
@@GeoPeter And the Mississippi River starts in Minnesota, which starts with the letter M. The Missouri river starts in Montana, another M state, and ends in Missouri (where it joins the Mississippi River).
That image of Kentucky didn't remind me of chicken on a pan immediately......LMFAO
Off the top of my head I can only recognize Texas, California, Florida, Hawaii and Alaska on the map. Everything else is a mystery.
For the longest time I didn't know much more than that :D
Learning the US states was my gateway into geography. Next I learned the US capitals, then all the countries, then all the capitals, then all the flags, then the UK counties and capitals, then the states of a few other countries. I don't think it's possible to learn the states of all the countries in the world, but it would be so cool to know them all!
That's super impressive! Well done!
My fastest time, was 2:36, but I've visited like 2/3rds of them, so I am a little more familiar with where they should be than a European would be.
yesterday I was doing state streaks and I got the city I live in, unrelated, but I thought it was cool :)
Oo, that is quite cool! ^^
I can't click on state the states like Rhode Island Delaware are to hard to click but name yeah ik
The most confusing part for me is some of the southern states (Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma). But of course, that’s speaking from someone who lives in NY state…
The test is to come back to this in a month's time and see if you can repeat it again, w/o any practice beforehand.
Done 100% in 1m 9s (5 : 51 remaining). But the USA is my country ;)
Wow, well done! 😄
@@GeoPeter If you want to learn Arizona, I have made several maps on Geoguessr. Name on there is Milkmood. Enjoy! Let me know if you do any of them.
Dear GeoPeter Sir, I am just curious about the outro, why does the videos don't have it anymore? Love your content and videos! Thank you so much for the fun :D
I removed them to hopefully help the videos with the video watchtime %. :)
proud of you
Thanks! I proud of myself, too 😂
Peter - now you know how it is for us in the U.S. to figure out Slovenia vs. Slovakia :D
After "slov" come the letters A and E. A is first in the alphabet and Slovakia is further north than Slovenia. Latvia and Lithuania: the second letter of each is A and I, and A comes before I in the alphabet.
Its a hard task but i guess once you get in the flow it gets easier
True! I thought I'd do much worse
The hardest to find for me is Iowa. Next are all the North East US States (except Maine and Maryland/DC)
Some others are also hard to find if the quiz gives them in the few first guess like Arkansas and Nebraska
Mr. Beast is from S. Carolina.
That little kid that you let moderate your Twitch, jbuuki, got caught cheating on chatguessr. Again.
What do you mean again? Do you have any proof?
Also always wondered why arkansas is pronounced so strangely
Lmao you tried to hedge Wyoming/Idaho
Next up: the states of Mexico
I can guess countries of the world more easily than this, I don't know why
Can an American find all european countries ? Can an American find one european country ?
you should do more geography quizzes on the channel
Thanks for the suggestion! They usually don't perform very well so I don't do them that often :)
@@GeoPeter maybe if you did one for the flags of the world i think those are a little more popular but it could be just an occasion
Got all of them on the first try with 05:44 remaining. I'm European as well, don't ask how I know so much about America.
Wow! Great job!
Don't ask - don't tell :)
Mr Beast lives in North Carolina, not South Carolina but you had the right idea!
But from Kansas