Pronounce me this: "Cicott"

December 6, 2007 4:48 PM

WastingThisWeek'sQuestionFilter: How do the locals pronounce "Cicott" in Lake Cicott, IN, USA? I've driven through that fair burg many many times in the last 25 years, and every time, I wonder the same thing. It's ambiguous from a phonetics standpoint, and Hoosiers don't seem to care a fig for phonetics anyway, when place names are involved. Please help me astound my traveling companions the next time I'm traversing beautiful Indiana.
posted by bricoleur to grab bag (6 comments total)

I'm from Indiana originally and I think I've heard it pronounced "Si-Sawt" - "Si" as in "Silver" "Sawt" as in "Saw". But who know really. :-)
posted by rlef98 at 5:25 PM on December 6, 2007

I'd say SEE-cot. Like Eddie Cicotte of the 1919 White Sox. :)

Though my being from IL isn't helping at all in this matter, as I don't even know where it is. Still, my intuition is, seecot.
posted by iguanapolitico at 6:18 PM on December 6, 2007

For some reason I first read "IL," not "IN," sorry. Never mind about my IL comment. But we're close by. :)
posted by iguanapolitico at 6:19 PM on December 6, 2007

I used to live near there and we pronounced it "Sy-kut." Kind of like "circuit" but with the "sci" sound from science instead of the "cir" sound. I hope that makes sense.
posted by momzilla at 6:23 PM on December 6, 2007

Looks like it's a form of the name Chiquot, which my French-learning girlfriend says would be pronounced "ch ee coht." So, there's that.
posted by Plug Dub In at 8:02 PM on December 6, 2007

Thanks!
posted by bricoleur at 3:51 AM on December 7, 2007