Hi All,
Please let me know why the pronunciation of Chicago is "Sh.ca.go", not "Chi.ca.go", is this word origin not from English Speaking Countries?
EngFan
Neither the letter k nor the letter i appears in the word 'quay', but it is prononounced /ki:/.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Chicago+. Eg. the word 'Quay' there's neither k or i alphabet, but it's pronounced as /ki:
" The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated as "wild onion" or "wild garlic," from the Miami-Illinois language.[21][22][23][24] The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as "Checagou" was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir written about the time.[25] "Hi All,
Please let me know why the pronunciation of Chicago is "Sh.ca.go", not "Chi.ca.go", is this word origin not from English Speaking Countries?
EngFan
Neither the letter k nor the letter i appears in the word 'quay', but it is prononounced /ki:/.
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