Pronunciation Facts

Arkansas has an official law (Arkansas Code § 1-4-105) that specifies exactly how to pronounce the state's name, declaring that saying 'Ar-KAN-zas' is 'an innovation to be discouraged.'

In English and Commonwealth legal systems, the 'v' in court case names (like 'Smith v Jones') is traditionally pronounced 'and' in civil cases and 'against' in criminal cases, not 'versus' as commonly assumed.

If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.