How is the "Ch" in "Chicago" pronounced?

[digs]

@MikeG

Sh all the way…Now the pronunciation of the i sound is harder to pin down. Some say it correctly as shih cah go, while the mentally differently abled say she caw go.

Lifelong Chicagoan

Amen. And by the way, you’re an hour south of Wis-con’-sin. Though some natives pronounce it “Wis-gon’-sin”… that’s harmless.

But it’s not WESS’-con-sen! Not sure where that comes from. Maybe those people say “Ill-i-NOISE” too…