On Chicago: What's in a Name
April 3, 2011
"Good Americans are said to go to Paris when they die; but it appears to depend upon whether they have been to Chicago first. I like the pleasant egotism of its citizens. All towns are not fortunate in their names. The syllables in New York come together like a nut-cracker, and Boston is quite a mouthful, almost beyond management; but Chicago is the most musical, full-spoken name a great city ever bore. A place with such a name could not be poor or mean."
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"but Chicago is the most musical, full-spoken name a great city ever bore"
But only if it is pronounced Chi-caw-go, in the old school style, and not Chi-cah-go, as newcomers and Saturday Night Live comedians do.
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