Hey kids,

Time to put this to sleep. We are way too far from Friday to be this far off topic.

Please save any further commenting on this until the end of the week. 

Regards,

BenT
Mod

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:13 AM, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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.