11 Arkansas Town Names That’ll Make Your GPS Have an Existential Crisis

Arkansas has some famously tricky town names that can cause a GPS to have an existential crisis. Here are 11 of these towns with their correct pronunciations:

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1. Fouke — Pronounced “Fowk”, not “Fook” or “Fuke.”
2. Dierks — Typically “DURKS” but sometimes pronounced “Deerks.”
3. Ouachita — Pronounced “Wash-i-ta”, named after a Native American tribe.
4. Carington — Sometimes mispronounced, but correctly said as “Cair-ing-ton.”
5. Oark — Pronounced “Ark”, despite looking like “oak.”
6. Greasy Corner — Exactly as it sounds, “Greasy Corner,” in Arkansas.
7. Fifty-Six — Named after the number 56, pronounced “Fifty-Six”.
8. Yellville — “Yell-ville”, not “Yil-vale” or…

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