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mamaluj [8]
3 years ago
9

Why don't we pronounce the second c in connecticut?

English
1 answer:
masha68 [24]3 years ago
7 0

The original name is from the Mohegan word "quinnitukqut" which means "at the long tidal river."

The name was transliterated sort of poorly (see: Nippon vs. Japan for another example... among thousands) by the English speaking folks of the time and it became Connecticut when spelled but the pronunciation was a little harder to fudge, it seems.
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