Interesting!

In Alaska the word "Camai" is widely used by many people of all stripes,
principally from Anchorage west, but still heard all over. It's been more
or less adopted by the State of Alaska, particularly in an effort to show
tourists and anyone else how friendly Alaska is. It's a word of greeting
like "hello" in the native language of the Yupik Eskimo peoples of the
Yukon-Kuskokwin Rivers Delta. And thats for real - no Snopes. I lived
amongst them for 5 years.

John
On Dec 5, 2015 23:42, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         According to Google Translate Chimo is a Chichewa word meaning Sin
> in English ~
>
> Chichewa is a language spoken in Zambia and Malawi ~
>
>
> On 5 Dec , 2015, at 7:26 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > Checked with a friend who is an Inuit, and her job is as a translator
> English-Inuit and back.
> > No such word.
> > None of the Inuit dialects have any words with the ch sound.
> > or so she says. Urban legend.
> > FWIW
> >
> >
> >    On Monday, November 30, 2015 11:48 PM, don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Chimo"is a greeting in inuktituk, the language of the Inuit of northern
> Canada.  It was also used in an attempt to establish a distinctly Canadian
> substitute for "Cheers" or "Skoal" as in making a toast with a beverage. It
> has since been adopted by organizations as diverse as a softball team, the
> Canadian Army engineers Mascot, and a youth employment agency as well as
> the dealership mentioned.
> >
> >
> > "Charisma is the ability to influence without logic."    Quentin Crisp
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2015-11-30, at 10:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> >
> >> Date:    Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:55:56 -0800
> >> From:    Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> >> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] '72 VW Van "Chimo Camper" FS Vancouver BC
> >>
> >> Hi Lloyd.
> >> Yes. That may be it. But as pointed out by another
> >> list member, "chimo" could simple be an expression denoting
> >> "cool", "boss" or other dated expression.    ;)
> >>
> >> Neil.
>