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To: Hieronymus

The French word that became Chicago meant “stinky onion” for the wild onions growing along the river.


21 posted on 08/16/2017 6:07:31 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

According to Wiki, it is not a French word, but a French corruption of a Miami Indian word. Nasty cultural appropriation. The city must change its name now.

And while we’re at it, the Rev. Dukes has a name that is all too close to David Duke’s, and is itself derived from an ancient Latin term implying patriarchy and bringing to mind various anti-pacifist traits..


24 posted on 08/16/2017 6:26:59 PM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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