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Subject: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: PF4Eva on 03/21/03 at 02:00 a.m.

In case you're from Mars, Chic was the legendary Nile Rodgers band in the 70s. Now, my question is:

How do you pronounce their name?"

Chick?
Cheek?
Sheek?
Does it really matter?

Help please. Thanks in advance.

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Gis on 03/21/03 at 02:11 a.m.

With a 'shh' sound ! so sheek for me .:)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Dude on 03/21/03 at 03:09 a.m.

sheek

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: FloatingEdwina on 03/21/03 at 03:15 a.m.

ah, freak out!
le freak, c'est chic!

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Crazy Don on 03/21/03 at 04:17 a.m.

Sheek.  However, it's only pronounced "chick" when you're talking about Chic jeans.

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 03/21/03 at 05:13 a.m.

Sheek

Does it matter ?  Yes ......  ;)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: princessofpop on 03/21/03 at 05:34 a.m.

I always pronounced the band, "Sheek" and the jeans "Shick"

But I could be vewy vewy wrong!  ::)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce

Written By: DJ Midas on 03/21/03 at 05:37 a.m.

Aww.....

Freek Owt!!


Le freek, say sheek...

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: dagwood on 03/21/03 at 06:08 a.m.

I have always pronounced it sheek

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Taoist on 03/21/03 at 06:40 a.m.

Well..It's a French word (meaning stylish) and the French pronounciation is "Sheek"

(Did I say french word, I meant Freedom word  ;D)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce

Written By: Zella on 03/21/03 at 12:53 a.m.

I spent 10 years trying to convince my mother it was not pronounced 'chick'. Then those damn jeans came out! >:(

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/21/03 at 01:36 p.m.


Quoting:
Well..It's a French word (meaning stylish) and the French pronounciation is "Sheek"

(Did I say french word, I meant Freedom word  ;D)
End Quote




LMAO  

C'est "sheek" oui?



Cat

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: John_Harvey on 03/22/03 at 09:58 a.m.

If you hate the French and you want to make a fool of yourself to prove it, pronounce it "Chick" and talk in a real slow southern drawl. (I have nothing against southerners. As the Beachboys said once, their girls sound pretty cool with that acent. The men, however, either come off as simple men who see the world more clearly than us northerners, or they sound really really stupid.)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: John_Harvey on 03/22/03 at 10:02 a.m.

We just had "international week" at my highly conservative Catholic school. The highlight was some supposedly friendly competition between the language departments. Man, never heard so many anti-French slogans uttered in one day. I'm sorry, perhaps I should have said "anti-Freedom" slogans.

Oooh! I'm so clever!  ::)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 03/22/03 at 11:52 a.m.

The band's name is pronounced "sheek".  :)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: PF4Eva on 03/23/03 at 11:18 a.m.

Thank you. I was gonna freak out if I didn't find out the pronunciation. Now I can let the good times roll! ::)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Wicked Lester on 03/23/03 at 05:43 p.m.


Quoting:
The men, however, either come off as simple men who see the world more clearly than us northerners, or they sound really really stupid.)
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Do you want to know what we think of you? I can generalize with the best of them.

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: John_Harvey on 03/23/03 at 05:56 p.m.

I have nothing against southerners as I said before, but there are just some accents that don't make you sound intelligent. New Yawkas have a dialect that doesn't conjure up images of rocket scientists. Pittsbugh is another accent that is not associated with brains.

My comment concerned the effect that a southern accent would have when "Chic" is mispronounced. If someone mispronounced it on the BBC, it wouldn't sound stupid. That was my point. I did not mean it to be offensive.

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Wicked Lester on 03/23/03 at 06:06 p.m.


Quoting:
I have nothing against southerners as I said before, but there are just some accents that don't make you sound intelligent. End Quote



Well hush muh mouth an' call me Bubba! Hey, maw... c'mer an' lookee tha yankee boy! Wait maw, put yore teeth in a'fore ya open tha door... we don't wanna scere 'im away!

Just having a little fun, John, but seriously, you really shouldn't allow a person's accent to cast them as a stereotype. That could technically be considered profiling!  ;)

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: SS lurking! on 03/23/03 at 07:20 p.m.

I is a proud suthern woman!  Since when did we's sound dumb?

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: John_Harvey on 03/23/03 at 07:30 p.m.

I take it all back. We're all one people in God's beautiful world. I invite all offended parties to join hands with me, pass around the Maryjane and tofu, and sing kumbaya. (yet another stereotype) ;) ;D

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: dagwood on 03/23/03 at 07:51 p.m.


Quoting:
I take it all back. We're all one people in God's beautiful world. I invite all offended parties to join hands with me, pass around the Maryjane and tofu, and sing kumbaya. (yet another stereotype) ;) ;D
End Quote



Nothing personal, John, but you can keep the tofu. Ewww

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: John_Harvey on 03/24/03 at 05:22 p.m.

*sigh*

Subject: Re: How do ya pronounce "Chic"?

Written By: Mrs._Race on 04/01/03 at 04:59 p.m.

I guess it would depend on the context.  For example:

1)  Who's the hot chic?-pronounced "chick"

2)  This new chair is very chic.-pronounced "sheek"

3)  Used the same in both sentences but pronounced "cheek"-Then you are Japanese.  (NO offense, but that is how my Japanese friends pronounce it)