The people in southern Illinois have been calling Chicago “Sh!#cago for generations.
It’s Indian “for place where skunk cabbage grows” a/k/a “foul smelling swamp.”
The people in southern Illinois have been calling Chicago “Sh!#cago for generations.
It’s Indian “for place where skunk cabbage grows” a/k/a “foul smelling swamp.”
Believe me, I know. Grew up in O’Fallon..graduated from SIU. Don’t live there by choice, but still read the Belleville paper. Breaks my heart to see what has become of such a wonderful state...