Nebraska, the "N" is for "Knowledge!"

We actually have a place here called "Aksarben." Yes, that's Nebraska backwards.

A suburb of Omaha is called Papillion. You'd think you would pronounce it pap-e-on. But no, it's pronounced pa-pill-yon. I got weird looks when I first moved here.

I don't know french, but I think I'm right:

Source: The Collins Paperback French Dictionary © 1995 HarperCollins Publishers:
papillon [papijÃ]
(nm)butterfly;
(fam contravention) (parking) ticket;
(TECH écrou) wing or butterfly nut;
~ de nuit moth.

If I remember right, my mother agreed with me too (her family all speaks french).

This city (Omaha) is full of really goofy stuff.