Re: Chicago & Michigan

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "david_russell_watson"
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@>
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> > > Why are "Chicago" and "Michigan" pronounced with [S] rather than
> > > [tS]? Never understood those ones.
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> > Nor have I.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chicago
> "The name 'Chicago' is the French version of the Miami-Illinois word
> shikaakwa ('wild leek'/'skunk'), named for the plants common along
> the Chicago River."
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan
> "[The State of Michigan] was named after Lake Michigan, whose name
> is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigami, meaning 'large
> water' or 'large lake'."
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> Cheers,
> Francesco
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Thanks very much, I didn't think of checking Wiki.

Andrew