Chicago Etymology Revisited

[Mike Salovesh]

carljweber wrote:
>
> > Italian speakers often chuckle when they hear "Chicago." In Italian,
> > the  homonym for Chicago -- "ci cago" -- means "I crap there."
> >
> > Steve Boatti
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> > 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
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In Mexico's southeast corner, the state of Chiapas, I heard the cognate
Spanish pun on the last two syllables in a wild variety of jokes about my
home.  When folks tired of that one, they'd ask me if I'd ever considered
moving to the big city: chica go sounds so diminutive compared with go
grande.

-- mike salovesh   <m-salovesh-9 at alumni.uchicago.edu>   PEACE !!!