Date:  Wed, 8 Mar 1995 12:55:00 EST

From:  Electronic Products Magazine <0004276021[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MCIMAIL.COM>

Subject: Re: the Ozarks and other plurals



A tangent: Why are sharpening stones quarried in the state of Arkansas

called Ar-KANSAS stones (pronounced like the state of Kansas) instead of ARKANSAS stones (pronounced like the state of the same spelling)?



Leonard Schiefer

Chief Copy Editor

Electronic Products Magazine



lschiefer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mcimail.com