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The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:44 pm
by full point_Archive
You laughed didn't you...
Well, I'll be damned if here on the left coast I don't hear 2 ways of saying it: "Shi-cago" and -- no shit -- "Chi-cago" with a hard "ch" (like cheese).
Sometimes the hard "ch" (a'la cheese) version pisses me off as I've always used the soft "Shi-cago".
I'm willing to admit I'm wrong, however.
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:05 pm
by Andrea Doria_Archive
I say Shicago, but I'm from the west.
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:23 pm
by Rodabod_Archive
Why would you call it Cheesecago? That seems a little strange.
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:27 pm
by Gone Savage_Archive
full point wrote:You laughed didn't you...
Well, I'll be damned if here on the left coast I don't hear 2 ways of saying it: "Shi-cago" and -- no shit -- "Chi-cago" with a hard "ch" (like cheese).
Sometimes the hard "ch" (a'la cheese) version pisses me off as I've always used the soft "Shi-cago".
I'm willing to admit I'm wrong, however.
There are some who pronounce the Chi but it is pronounced
Shi. I moved out to California from Illinois (Rockford) a year ago and hear both as well. I don't really mind since I am not from there. However I get extremely pissed off when people pronounce the s on the end of Illinois. I always say "Where? ... Where?" over and over like an asshole until they pronounce it correctly.
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:39 pm
by Christopher_Dragon_Archive
Gone Savage wrote:However I get extremely pissed off when people pronounce the s on the end of Illinois. I always say "Where? ... Where?" over and over like an asshole until they pronounce it correctly.
Don't blame them.
Blame Sufjan Stevens
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:44 pm
by Gone Savage_Archive
Hehe, I would have but it started from day one before that record came out. But yeah, that guy isn't helping things much. What the heck, Sufjan Stevens? What the heck?
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:08 pm
by instant_zen_Archive
of course it's "Shi" (as in "Shit") "Ca" (like what you call your Honda Civic if you live in Cambridge) "Go" (as in "geddadahe-uh!"). people who pronounce it with a hard "Ch" are probably the same people who call "Italians" "Eye-talians."
...pricks.
anyway: funny, sort-of-related story. i have a french uncle. that is, he was born in and has lived most of his life in france. he makes a point--not really seriously, more as a joke--of pronouncing "Illinois" as "ee-len-WAH". we get a kick out of it.
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:10 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
I believe the proper pronunciation is 'Chikookoo'
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:06 am
by ECSean_Archive
Yeah, remember that Pony song?
Shi-Shi-Shi-cago!
The proper pronounciation of " Chicago" :You tell me
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:54 pm
by Linus Van Pelt_Archive
My question: is it "shi-KAW-go" or "shi-KAH-go"?
