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Chouettiquette

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2010, at 10:50 p.m.

In Response To: Chouettiquette (Ray Kershaw)

Chouette + etiquette = chouettiquette.
Chicago + chouette + etiquette = chouquettigette.

When preceding an e, as here, a "c" is pronounced softly, like an s. That's the reason I changed it to the underlined "qu" (which you inadvertently omitted in your response inquiry to me) that under these circumstances is pronounced like a hard c. I could have used a "k" instead, but "qu" seems more elegant and it retains the "qu" in etiquette (which is displaced by the "g").

In short, I amalgamated the "c" and "g" sounds in Chicago (in that order) into the already-hybrid word chouettiquette. You want silly, you got it.

Nack

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