I've finally found out why some Irish people pronounce Chicago as 'Chi-cargo'.

23-05-2018 02:00PM #1

Because they're fcuking numbskulls.

verycool · 23-05-2018 02:03PM

sheh-cargo

or she-cargo

Chi as in mystic Chinese energy force?

greenspurs · 23-05-2018 02:07PM

and you needed to start a thread to answer the question no else asked ?!?
But at least you found out, did you use Google to get the answer ??

Bob Harris · 23-05-2018 02:08PM

Sharkey & George lived in Seacago.

23-05-2018 02:09PM

Considering the word itself is a bastardisation of an indian word that was pronounced differently, does it really matter?

23-05-2018 02:11PM

greenspurs wrote: »

and you needed to start a thread to answer the question no else asked ?!?
But at least you found out, did you use Google to get the answer ??

I did check Google but all it said was ''greenspurs, why don't you shut your god-damn whore mouth?''. I was shocked that they answered a question with a question too!

verycool · 23-05-2018 02:11PM

riffmongous wrote: »

Considering the word itself is a bastardisation of an indian word that was pronounced differently, does it really matter?

I believe it means "whale's vagina".

Cee-Jay-Cee · 23-05-2018 02:15PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Because they're fcuking numbskulls.

Its nearly as maddening as New Yorkers calling their home city Nu Yoik.

greenspurs · 23-05-2018 02:15PM

Omackeral wrote: »

I did check Google but all it said was ''greenspurs, why don't you shut your god-damn whore mouth?''. I was shocked that they answered a question with a question too!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Take it easy there butt muncher ...

Bob Harris · 23-05-2018 02:16PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Its nearly as maddening as New Yorkers calling their home city Nu Yoik.

It's not Nu Yoik it's Noo Yawk.

greenspurs · 23-05-2018 02:16PM

Omackeral wrote: »

I did check Google but all it said was ''greenspurs, why don't you shut your god-damn whore mouth?''. I was shocked that they answered a question with a question too!

Ohh and I think you are making that up , petal...... :cool:

Cushie Butterfield · 23-05-2018 02:18PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RM7E0-rwg

everlast75 · 23-05-2018 02:18PM

riffmongous wrote: »

Considering the word itself is a bastardisation of an indian word that was pronounced differently, does it really matter?

23-05-2018 02:18PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Its nearly as maddening as New Yorkers calling their home city Nu Yoik.

I think that accent is dying out though and was possibly a Nu Joizey thing more than New York. I love a no nonsense New Yawk accent though, you can tell you're pissing them off just by existing, my type of people.

Boom_Bap · 23-05-2018 02:19PM

verycool wrote: »

I believe it means "whale's vagina".

it's an old wooden ship

seamus · 23-05-2018 02:37PM

It's a trick of the brain, actually.

If you take a New York or Boston accent, these have been typically "non-rhotic", which means that they tend to omit the "r" sound from words.

So "New York" is pronounced "New Yawk". Where this causes confusion is in similar sounds.

So we become accustomed - through TV - to hearing the word "car", being pronounced "cah" by American accents. When we hear an American on a TV show say the "cah", we know they mean "car".

So when they say, "Chi-cah-go", our stupid brain translates this to "Chi-car-go". And thus when some Irish people say it themselves, they insert an "r" which doesn't exist, because saying "Chicago" feels like you're putting on a fake American accent.

verycool · 23-05-2018 02:43PM

Left-tenant... she-cargo bastids!

kunst nugget · 23-05-2018 02:58PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Because they're fcuking numbskulls.

I say it like that. If I try to say it just as Chi-cago, I sound like I'm trying to do a Boston accent.

Then I just start doing the 'if you say "Space Ghetto" in an American accent it sounds like "Spice Girl" in a Scottish accent' thing and look like a fúcking idiot in work.

TheValeyard · 23-05-2018 03:00PM

Is it like one of those

Daleks or Darleks?

kunst nugget · 23-05-2018 03:05PM

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Is it like one of those

Daleks or Darleks?

Dalex or DaLicks?

23-05-2018 03:27PM

everlast75 wrote: »

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Boy I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder

greenspurs · 23-05-2018 03:40PM

If you say 'Satsuma' slowly, it sounds like gullible.

kunst nugget · 23-05-2018 03:41PM

greenspurs wrote: »

If you say 'Satsuma' slowly, it sounds like gullible.

Saaaaattttttsssss… what! goddammmit!

23-05-2018 03:42PM

greenspurs wrote: »

If you say 'Satsuma' slowly, it sounds like gullible.

If you say 'rise up, lights' slowly it sounds like you're saying razor blades in a South African accent.

Are Am Eye · 23-05-2018 03:43PM

Anyone know what conditions are like in the Windy City?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 23-05-2018 03:45PM

verycool wrote: »

I believe it means "whale's vagina".

In actual fact it comes from shikaakwa meaning wild onion or striped skunk.

kunst nugget · 23-05-2018 03:46PM

Adrien Breezy Litter wrote: »

In actual fact it comes from shikaakwa meaning wild onion or striped skunk.

A striped skunk smells like a whale's vagina though…

Sam Quentin · 23-05-2018 03:47PM

Everybody knows it's pronounced:-
CHI-KI-GO

PARlance · 23-05-2018 03:49PM

seamus wrote: »

It's a trick of the brain, actually.

If you take a New York or Boston accent, these have been typically "non-rhotic", which means that they tend to omit the "r" sound from words.

So "New York" is pronounced "New Yawk". Where this causes confusion is in similar sounds.

So we become accustomed - through TV - to hearing the word "car", being pronounced "cah" by American accents. When we hear an American on a TV show say the "cah", we know they mean "car".

So when they say, "Chi-cah-go", our stupid brain translates this to "Chi-car-go". And thus when some Irish people say it themselves, they insert an "r" which doesn't exist, because saying "Chicago" feels like you're putting on a fake American accent.

I nearly hope you made that up.

Brilliant. After Hours delivers.

Rory28 · 23-05-2018 03:49PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

A striped skunk smells like a whale's vagina though…

Hence the confusion.

kunst nugget · 23-05-2018 03:54PM

Rory28 wrote: »

Hence the confusion.

I went down on a big girl before and I went 'Woah! Chicago!!!' She got very offended because she thought I was talking about her being windy like the city but I was really talking about her whale vagina smelling like a striped skunk.

I've finally found out why some Irish people pronounce Chicago as 'Chi-cargo'.

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