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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by dmos62 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @06:32AM (#27746452)
I enjoy the nickname Chiraq (as in Ch-Iraq). I've had French acquintances perplexed by this term, because there's been a French president called Jacques Chirac (pronounced the same way).
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by HKH2 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:18AM (#27748946)
Not quite the same. The French 'i' is an 'ee' sound.
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by deviledeggs on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:47AM (#27747109)
Chiraq isn't an insult, that's what people living there call it.
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by dmos62 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:47AM (#27747759)
Chiraq is calling Chicago a warzone. I never thought it was an insult.
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by timelesscop on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:22AM (#27747481)
No we don't, 99.9% of Chicagoans aren't drill rappers.
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by deviledeggs on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:57PM (#27752042)
Hahaha. I lived there and we called it that all the time. More common among friends living on south side tho
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Re:150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over t... by cpher on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:52PM (#27755821)
I live on the southside and I don't hear anyone calling it Chiraq.
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