Hi everyone, I’m a noob at pipe smoking but have been smoking cigars for a while. Im looking forward to learning more from you all!
Welcome to our little corner of the internet! Ask any questions you like, and feel free to join any conversations.Hi everyone, I’m a noob at pipe smoking but have been smoking cigars for a while. Im looking forward to learning more from you all!
We have a great diversity of people from all over the world here so I’m sure some people pronounce it differently according to their accents. The correct pronunciation is shi-caw-go. But many pronounce it Shi-caaah-go. I haven’t met many people who pronounce it with a hard CH sound though!Do you say "Chicago" with an "sh" sound or "ch"? Just curious. I had never heard someone say it with a hard "ch" sound until I first visited there.
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We have a great diversity of people from all over the world here so I’m sure some people pronounce it differently according to their accents. The correct pronunciation is shi-caw-go. But many pronounce it Shi-caaah-go. I haven’t met many people who pronounce it with a hard CH sound though!
IR is fantastic. Worth the price (and taxes) every time. Most of my family lives in Texas still and every time they come up their accent is spotted right away. I’ve worked hard to get rid of my Texas accent early on in life. ?Welcome! The first thing any of us can say to a new pipe smoker from Chicago is "be sure to visit Iwan Ries."
I started smoking a pipe years ago when I lived in Chicago, and the guys at Iwan Ries were part of the reason I kept with it. They pointed me in the right direction and helped me get past my initial mistake of a drug store pipe and a cherry aromatic blend.
That's the way most of the natives of the area pronounce it. Make the "A" as nasally as possible, draw it out, and you'll sound like you were born and raised right there in the Windy City
Interesting enough, I never had anyone say I had any kind of an accent until I moved to Chicago, though all those people who mentioned it to me sounded like Canadians, or perhaps Yoopers, to my ear. I always thought of myself as having the non-regional diction spoken in parts of the Midwest and by news anchors on TV.
IR is fantastic. Worth the price (and taxes) every time. Most of my family lives in Texas still and every time they come up their accent is spotted right away. I’ve worked hard to get rid of my Texas accent early on in life. ?
Welcome from the cornfields of Indiana!Hi everyone, I’m a noob at pipe smoking but have been smoking cigars for a while. Im looking forward to learning more from you all!