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Hassin Bin Sober

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42. It's the front room. A very south side Irish thing.

Reply to Chitown Kev (Reply #38)

Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:57 PM

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Anyone here from Chicago? [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2017 OP

He also pronounces China, "Jina". progressoid Feb 2017 #1

45 also likes Easy D sarcasmo Feb 2017 #24

I'm from ShiKahGuh Ellen Forradalom Feb 2017 #2

I've lived there. ChazInAz Feb 2017 #7

I grew up there, on the north side Metro135 Feb 2017 #11

I've heard that too Ellen Forradalom Feb 2017 #14

Trump was too frightened to come to Chicago. eom guillaumeb Feb 2017 #3

Shi (as in ship) ka go erinlough Feb 2017 #4

sh caw go greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #5

... Cha Feb 2017 #35

It's much nicer in summer. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #41

Shuh-CAW-go. Born there, raised by two Shuh-CAW-go parents. pnwmom Feb 2017 #6

Born and raised on the south side. This one gets my vote. n/t CincyDem Feb 2017 #8

Yes indeed! charlyvi Feb 2017 #12

Did you have a frunchroom in your house? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #44

This Moved there when I was 2 yrs old. Have always been told I have Shuh-CAW-go accent. crazylikafox Feb 2017 #19

My dad was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood. 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #26

Shih-Kah-Goh Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #9

Elementary my Dear Watson.... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #13

Great clip with Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton...amongst others.... Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #27

This version occupies a special place in my heart Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #37

Love it!! Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #40

I've said before, I'm sure our paths crossed at some point or another. Had to. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #36

There's no doubt about it. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #43

"Like in the song." Best answer. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2017 #17

Chi-cago easy kacekwl Feb 2017 #10

So, can anyone name the three Chicago streets that rhyme with 'vagina'? Ellen Forradalom Feb 2017 #15

Well, since Paulina doesn't rhyme with it, there aren't three. pnwmom Feb 2017 #16

I know one is "Lunt" Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #22

lol, probably all the above here are correct Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #18

How could there be another way than pnwmom Feb 2017 #20

That would be the technically correct pronunciation, of course Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #21

My father and uncle both went there. Wouldn't students at the University pnwmom Feb 2017 #23

I went there as well and graduated from Loyola... Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #29

Well, slang changes over the years. Maybe no one called it that pnwmom Feb 2017 #30

Now that he mentions it, I think I pronounced it that way when I was a kid. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #32

Funny. It sounds like something people might say to make fun of it. pnwmom Feb 2017 #33

Just sloppy. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #34

Not sloppy Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #39

Or how do yo pronounce living room? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #31

I've never heard of that Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #38

It's the front room. A very south side Irish thing. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #42

There are nine-and-sixty ways... First Speaker Feb 2017 #25

sha-caw-go n/t orleans Feb 2017 #28