Chicago Etymology Revisited

Tue Dec 18 22:52:03 UTC 2001

I was told by a Portuguese gentleman that in Portuguese it sounds like "he
crapped on himself" -- of course when spoken with Portuguese stress and
vowels.
DMLance

> From: Ittaob at AOL.COM
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> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:11:49 EST
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> Subject: Re: Chicago Etymology Revisited
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> Italian speakers often chuckle when they hear "Chicago." In Italian, the
> homonym for Chicago -- "ci cago" -- means "I crap there."
>
> Steve Boatti
>