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06-23-2009, 01:16 AM
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Chicagoland name
Does anyone actually use that term?
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06-23-2009, 01:18 AM
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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I mostly just say the "Chicago area."
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06-23-2009, 01:23 AM
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All the time.
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06-23-2009, 08:11 AM
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All the time. And I hear it all the time too.
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06-23-2009, 12:26 PM
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I hate Chicagoland. I say Chicago area if I'm talking to people from out of the area, i.e., "Where are you from?" "Chicago area".
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06-23-2009, 12:28 PM
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I wonder where the term Chicagoland orignated?
I've heard Chicagoland in movies dating back to the 1960's
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06-23-2009, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waltlantz
Does anyone actually use that term?
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All the time. It is used by a lot of advertising agencies to describe the six surrounding counties AND northern Indiana. |
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06-23-2009, 06:55 PM
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Ditto on the ad agencies. I hear it more in commercials than anywhere else. Someone from out of town once told me it sounded like an amusement park. Ever since then, I can't hear it without grinning or grimacing.
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06-23-2009, 09:26 PM
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When I am talking about the 6 county area I say Chicago area, when I am also speaking of Grundy, Kendall and Kankakee Counties plus Kenosha and NW Indiana I tend to say Chicagoland.
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06-24-2009, 01:19 PM
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I write it, but can't think of the last time I said it out loud.
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