Shi-cah-go

My friend on another blog had this cute speech survey. Yep, I was born and raised in Chicago. And that's pronounced Chi (shi - like you're going to say shit), ca (the "a" is pronounced ah) go.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Northeast
The Midland
Philadelphia
The South
North Central
The West
Boston
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

And, yes, it is POP not soda. When you visit the Chicago area and you hear people talk about going downtown. They aren't talking about visiting their small suburbia, downtown = Chicago.

We eat our hamburgers with ketchup and mustard only - none of this mayonnaise crap. Hotdogs are generally boiled or steamed served on poppy seed buns topped with mustard, onion, sweet pickle relish (usually neon green), a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt. I however, do not like the Chicago style - I ruin mine with ketchup and onions. Again, NEVER mayonnaise. Yes, all my friends who read my blog from Illinois, these people are CRAZY and put mayo on everything!! I've even seen mayo put on a Brat.

We don't have expressways in Illinois, we have tollways. Tolls and tolls and more tolls. A 40 mile drive can easily take 1.5-2 hours. Just to get to the zoo's in Chicago, is an ALL day event. So, I don't want to hear complaining about the 20 min trip to our zoo taking 35min.

Take the quiz and see where you originate just by your speech pattern.