chic'

[Herb Stahlke]

I wonder how the people running that site pronounce Chic.

Herb


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:08 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> HS:  <<Chic jeans . . . late 80s or early 90s . . .  At that time "chic"
> was pronounced "chick" more generally by teenagers.  I don't know how far
> that pronunciation spread.>>
> WB:  W3 1961 lists [sheek] ~ [shIck] for <chic> 'style' ~ 'stylish'; no
> *[tsh-]. I have heard [shIck] on OTR; I, however, (born 1948) associate
> [shIck] with the Schick razor (1926+), which BTW offers stylish razors for
> chicks. My notes have <Chic wide shoes, extra-wide shoes> with [tsh-], NLT
> 1992. As I gsearch, I stumble upon a webpage (http://www.chicshoes.ae/)
> with HS's <chic'>: Looks like a Polish <c> with accent aigu (U+0107).
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