Timeline for How to pronounce "Chicago"?
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| Aug 2, 2016 at 11:23 | answer | added | user38638 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 1:21 | comment | added | Peter Shor | "a" is pronounced the same in "Albert" and "I am" (although in AmE, the "a" can get colored slightly by the "l"). This is not the way it's pronounced in "Chicago". | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 2:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/360952980121452547 | ||
| Jul 26, 2013 at 13:24 | comment | added | user230 |
Wikipedia gives /ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/, which sounds like a proper pronunciation to me. Natives reduce this in various ways; I pronounce it [ʃ(e)ˈkɑːɡoʊ], though in lazy pronunciation I barely pronounce the [g] or omit it entirely. (I grew up near Chicago.)
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| Jul 26, 2013 at 11:14 | vote | accept | Derfder | ||
| Jul 26, 2013 at 8:48 | answer | added | J.R.♦ | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 8:40 | comment | added | Akhil Thayyil | youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Fc7omIngo | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 6:49 | history | asked | Derfder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |