Heat wave! (for the ppl in AZ)

[Jester]

hey i dont think its any arizonian complaining

Okay, this drives me nuts. There is no such thing as an "Arizonian." It's Arizonan. Period. One i, not two. Stop that, please. You live in Mesa. You should know better.

Tempe boy here. Just because I live in the tropics now doesn't make me any less a desert boy.

[Sheldonrs]

Okay, this drives me nuts. There is no such thing as an "Arizonian." It's Arizonan. Period. One i, not two. Stop that, please. You live in Mesa. You should know better.

Tempe boy here. Just because I live in the tropics now doesn't make me any less a desert boy.

Scottsdale boy here.

And when i lived in MA, we wre called MASSholes so I guess out here, we're AZholes. :-)

[Jester]

Cute, but no. Let the Massholes be Massholes. WE'RE Zonies!

[Sliceanddice]

Sorry jester its a dylexia thing i may know how its spelled but my mind cant Accept the spelling.

Arizonan mentally feels like Ary-ZOO-NAN while Arizonian feels like Ary-zoni-an.

[Jester]

Just as long as you know that it's Ah-rih-zone-in and not Ah-rih-zone-ee-in, I'm cool.

I hate when non-Zonies do that. "Arizonian." Fuck you. It's Arizonan. Get it right, motherfuckers.

Sorry, in a mood this morning.

[Magpie]

Sorry, in a mood this morning.

Are you turning into a curmudgeon?

[Jester]

Fuck no. Just hungover and a bit befuddled about last night's end game.

I've been cynical and jaded for years, although I wrap that around a fairly positive outlook on life. But a curmudgeon? Me? Nah!

[AdminAssistant]

Just as long as you know that it's Ah-rih-zone-in and not Ah-rih-zone-ee-in, I'm cool.

I hate when non-Zonies do that. "Arizonian." Fuck you. It's Arizonan. Get it right, motherfuckers.

I'm a native Arkansan living in Kansas. I can't tell you how many assholes have said, "Oh, you're from Ar-Can's-Ass! *hyuck hyuck*" That's also how they pronounce the Arkansas River that flows through and the town Arkansas City. Asses. It's pronounced, "Ar-Can-Saw" and there's a state law that dictates it as such. And, no, Arkansas did not get its name from Kansas. We were a territory and state long before you, so get it right.

[Jester]

We were a territory and state long before you, so get it right.

If you really want to stick it to obnoxious Kansans, remind them that Arkansas was a STATE before Kansas was even a TERRITORY.

A while back I was watching the Arizona State-Arizona football game in a bar full of people watching the Florida-Florida State game. An obnoxious fan next to me said, "Hell, they were playing SEC football before you guys were even a state!"

Wrong. Arizona became a State in 1912. The SEC was formed 20 years later, in 1932. To add insult to this yahoo's injury, the Arizona State-Arizona rivalry game predates both of those, beginning in 1899, and boasts the country's oldest rivalry game trophy, the Territorial Cup.

I informed the yahoo of much of this without ever taking my eyes off the Duel in the Desert, basically telling him very politely to stick it.

[AdminAssistant]

If you really want to stick it to obnoxious Kansans, remind them that Arkansas was a STATE before Kansas was even a TERRITORY.

Oh, I do. And then I get some smack about, "Well, it's from the same tribe." Nope. Arkansas is the transliteration of the French mispronunciation of a Quapaw word. See, it's French. That's why the last 's' is silent. Kansas comes from, I believe, the Kansa tribe. Now, I think the Quapaws were a branch of the Kansa at some point, but broke away, moved south, and proceeded to protect a bunch of French and Spanish explorers. (They exchanged protection for guns to use in their own territorial wars.)

Or they'll start raving about how Arkansans are just ignorant and stupid and how could we possibly be right about such things. Right because Kansas is soooo much better than Arkansas. Glad you set me straight there, buddy boy. Now don't you have some wheat or sunflowers or cows to manage?