Silly pronunciation question. . .

Nekira Sudacne · Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:53 pm

but is Chi-Town pronunced

shy-town or chee-town or Ki-Town?

note, my group always pronunced it shy-town

Svartalf · Unread post by **Svartalf** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 5:12 pm

Myself I've always said Chee town... but then again I'm French
I bet that the pronunciation should be like the beginning of Chicago

RoadWarriorFWaNK · Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:09 pm

i've always said it like 'Chy-Town'

Ace, TW · Unread post by **Ace, TW** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:50 pm

Chicago does sometimes get referred to in real life as "Shy-Town" (usually when talking about a sports team).

However, our play group has always used the Chee-Town pronunciation.

We all agree that we should probably use the shy-town pronunciation, but we prefer to keep using chee-town.

Ace.

Mack · Unread post by **Mack** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:47 pm

IIRC, Maryann (one of the few who would know) said it was like "Shy-Town."

PM her and ask if you want to know for sure.

Uncle Servo · Unread post by **Uncle Servo** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:01 pm

Mack wrote:IIRC, Maryann (one of the few who would know) said it was like "Shy-Town."

PM her and ask if you want to know for sure.

While I'm not Maryann (and I'm sure she's thankful of THAT fact), I've always heard Chi-Town pronounced like that as well.

Maryann · Unread post by **Maryann** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:20 am

Mack wrote:IIRC, Maryann (one of the few who would know) said it was like "Shy-Town."

PM her and ask if you want to know for sure.

Chi (like pie) Town

Mack · Unread post by **Mack** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:48 am

Maryann wrote:
Mack wrote:IIRC, Maryann (one of the few who would know) said it was like "Shy-Town."

PM her and ask if you want to know for sure.

Chi (like pie) Town

Thanks!

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 1:51 pm

One that my group and I have been mispronouncing for 14 years is Armor of Ithan. For some reason we allways pronounced it like armor of Ethan like the "I" was pronounced like "e." Maryann corrected us it is indeed IThan with IT souncing like it. Boy did I feel like a nerd. :lol:

Svartalf · Unread post by **Svartalf** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:38 pm

GMastEr wrote:
svartalf wrote:I bet that the pronunciation should be like the beginning of Chicago

I hope not... if it is pronounced that way then it has hilarious results (that are unprintable here of course).
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hilarious results? in French or in English? in French, I know, that's why I make a point of saying "ch" and not "sh" ... but in english? would anybody light my lantern in private?

Esckey · Unread post by **Esckey** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:20 pm

Wow. I always used it like how Maryann described it. Now I'm wondering how other words are pronounced like splurgoths and several others

Vrykolas2k · Unread post by **Vrykolas2k** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:09 pm

Esckey wrote:Wow. I always used it like how Maryann described it. Now I'm wondering how other words are pronounced like splurgoths and several others

I had a friend who always pronounced it "splurgoth"... I told him to get hooked on phonix lol... I used to think it was pronounced like chai-town, but made a friend in the army from Chicago, and she instructed me on proper pronunciation... "shy-town".

MADMANMIKE · Unread post by **MADMANMIKE** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 5:11 pm

Vrykolas2k wrote:
Esckey wrote:Wow. I always used it like how Maryann described it. Now I'm wondering how other words are pronounced like splurgoths and several others

I had a friend who always pronounced it "splurgoth"... I told him to get hooked on phonix lol... I used to think it was pronounced like chai-town, but made a friend in the army from Chicago, and she instructed me on proper pronunciation... "shy-town".

..The difference is a matter of accent. "cha" is just "sha" with a quarter "t" sound at the front. In the flow of american speach, quarter letters have a tendancy to disappear. Chicago speaks almost as fast as those of us from KC, so it's natural to drop the t.

..this is why, svartalf, the hilarity ensues.

-Mike >8]

Mack · Unread post by **Mack** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:20 pm

This reminds of a buddy who insisted on pronoucing the 'P' in 'Psionics' or 'Psychics.' He knew better, but just liked it that way.

Svartalf · Unread post by **Svartalf** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:37 pm

Mack wrote:This reminds of a buddy who insisted on pronoucing the 'P' in 'Psionics' or 'Psychics.' He knew better, but just liked it that way.

what's wrong with that? in French we do that all the time

Mack · Unread post by **Mack** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:01 pm

svartalf wrote:
Mack wrote:This reminds of a buddy who insisted on pronoucing the 'P' in 'Psionics' or 'Psychics.' He knew better, but just liked it that way.

what's wrong with that? in French we do that all the time

He just liked to annoy the other players. He'd say it, we'd correct him, he'd say it again...

Uncle Servo · Unread post by **Uncle Servo** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 10:45 pm

Mack wrote:
svartalf wrote:
Mack wrote:This reminds of a buddy who insisted on pronoucing the 'P' in 'Psionics' or 'Psychics.' He knew better, but just liked it that way.

what's wrong with that? in French we do that all the time

He just liked to annoy the other players. He'd say it, we'd correct him, he'd say it again...

I think he needs to visit a P'sychiatrist... :lol:

Nekira Sudacne · Sun Jun 20, 2004 10:49 pm

Uncle Servo wrote:
Mack wrote:
svartalf wrote:
Mack wrote:This reminds of a buddy who insisted on pronoucing the 'P' in 'Psionics' or 'Psychics.' He knew better, but just liked it that way.

what's wrong with that? in French we do that all the time

He just liked to annoy the other players. He'd say it, we'd correct him, he'd say it again...

I think he needs to visit a P'sychiatrist...

I dunno. . . WP Dice Bag is a useful skill for a GM :lol:

Adam of the Old Kingdom · Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:24 pm

RoadWarriorFWaNK wrote:i've always said it like 'Chy-Town'

I normaly go with the above but if being derogatory I go with Shi-Town