

| Subject: | Re: Sorry, late with Friday content (sick kid) |
| From: | James |
| Date: | Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:13:48 -0500 |
And yet, here's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_from_indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas#Words_from_Eskimo.E2.80.93Aleut_languages A number of North American aboriginal words picked up a 'ch' or 'k' sound when they got 'adopted' by English - I wonder if this is one of them, since the original sound was a 'sh'. James Ottawa, ON > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 02:26:59 +0000 > From: mwmiller6@ATT.NET > Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Nov 2015 to 30 Nov 2015 (#2015-456) > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > 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.
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