Is it Champion - chip, or is it Champion - ship?

[HenryDorsetCase]

All my life I have said champion-chip but I was listening to an English commentator today who clearly said "champion ship".

and I'm all like "Woah, dude, he says it like its spelled".

That is all.

[Hitcher]

The BDOTGNZA concurs.

[scrivy]

Type championchip into Google - it'll say "Did you mean championship?"

[haydes55]

I've always said champion ship..... But then again I used to say grand prix as it was spelt until I was about 10....

[BoristheBiter]

All my life I have said champion-chip but I was listening to an English commentator today who clearly said "champion ship".

and I'm all like "Woah, dude, he says it like its spelled".

That is all.

Slow day aye?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Slow day aye?

You got it. I am procrastinating because I have a couple of steaming turds on my desk which I have to get elbow deep into. So I have been checking the farcebook, the tradme, stuff, KB and anything else I can think of to prevent me working.

I can't put it off much longer unfortunately. :(

[roogazza]

Mmmmmmm Chips !

very slow day.

[BoristheBiter]

You got it. I am procrastinating because I have a couple of steaming turds on my desk which I have to get elbow deep into. So I have been checking the farcebook, the tradme, stuff, KB and anything else I can think of to prevent me working.

I can't put it off much longer unfortunately. :(

:killingme I hear ya.

I'm trying to find sticky pads to mount the camera to the bike instead of working.

[pritch]

Slow day aye?

Perhaps. But at least he could probably spell the interrogative "eh" correctly?

Please pardon my periodic predilection for pedantry. (And alliteration?)

On second thoughts; very slow day.

[bogan]

Depending on the slowness of the day you can indeed have a champion-chip.

Take a regular bag of chips, and for every pair of whole chips within squeeze them together until one breaks. Eat the broken one and repeat the test. eventually there will be one whole chip remaining amongst the debris of its challengers, and this chip shall be known as the champion-chip!

[slofox]

ChampionSHIP. As in guardianSHIP or stewardSHIP or steamSHIP...ermmm...not sure about that last one...maybe.

My grand-daughter (4) would say shampionSHIP. But then, she'd also say Shocolate Shippies and Sheese and pineapple shunks, since she struggles to pronounce the "ch" blend correctly. :facepalm:

[BoristheBiter]

Perhaps. But at least he could probably spell the interrogative "eh" correctly?

Please pardon my periodic predilection for pedantry. (And alliteration?)

On second thoughts; very slow day.

It is indeed as i was trying to get Hitcher to bite on that one.

[Hitcher]

Perhaps. But at least he could probably spell the interrogative "eh" correctly?

The BDOTGNZA concurs.

[Hitcher]

Mispronunciations will be the death of the Brave Defenders. Too often we hear of people being "ear lifted", not to mention those who don't know or realise that there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".

And then there are Australian rugby commentators. Gahh! Thud.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Mispronunciations will be the death of the Brave Defenders. Too often we hear of people being "ear lifted", not to mention those who don't know or realise that there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".

And then there are Australian rugby commentators. Gahh! Thud.

We feminists pronounce it "wimminz", and eschew the patriarchy.

[pritch]

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".



My pets are imply and infer, it seems to be about fifty fifty whether or not they'll be used correctly.

One that would have had an error rate approaching 100% where I was employed was using "incidence" when they meant "incidents".
And they all had degrees?:whistle:

[pritch]

I can't reproduce the photo but here is the text of a clothing ad posted on Twitter by the Guardian Style Guide.

"Hundred's of dresses, from Maxi's to mini's, pencil's to skater's,
find amazing savings on dresses right now."

[Maha]

Is there any 'Ch' word that sounds the Ch as shhhhhh? if not, then it can only be Champion - chip, as in Potato.

Christchurch uses the Ch with two different sounds within the one word, but not a shhhhh sound.

[Ocean1]

I rarely hear chimney pronounced other than "chimley".

I try not to let it worry me.

[Grumph]

I rarely hear chimney pronounced other than "chimley".

I try not to let it worry me.

post quakes, down here it's pronounced "fucked chimbley"

[pritch]

To feign polite interest you could always aks if their chimbley was fucked?

[neels]

To feign polite interest you could always aks if their muthafuckin' chimbley was fucked bro?
Fixxed that 4 u

[Hitcher]

What a great thread. The BDOTGNZA's nipples have hardened.

[scracha]

there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".


Not with a dodgy Kiwi accent there isn't.

[slofox]

Is there any 'Ch' word that sounds the Ch as shhhhhh?

Yep. "Charade" for one.

[avgas]

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

[pritch]

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

Qit! Really?

[slofox]

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

Arrrr, so, light you rah.

[Edbear]

Mispronunciations will be the death of the Brave Defenders. Too often we hear of people being "ear lifted", not to mention those who don't know or realise that there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".

And then there are Australian rugby commentators. Gahh! Thud.

There, their, they're, it's all okay...:crazy:

[Edbear]

And there are a lot of rear cars on TradeMe, too.

[Edbear]

My pets are imply and infer, it seems to be about fifty fifty whether or not they'll be used correctly.

One that would have had an error rate approaching 100% where I was employed was using "incidence" when they meant "incidents".
And they all had degrees?:whistle:

Just what are you inferring..? The implications are onerous.

[ellipsis]

....chimera, chaperone, (Chantal), chamois, chagrin, Champagne...

[HenryDorsetCase]

Chanteuse.: speaking of which.....

oooh errrrr I'm coming over all french.

FjjDmX9Tkss

[ellipsis]

...Chevrolet, chevron, chalet......

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[steveyb]

....chimera, chaperone, (Chantal), chamois, chagrin, Champagne...

Je croix que tous ces mots dont vous parlez sont des mots Francais. Ils sont pas des mots Anglais, mais emprunte aux Francais.
Sauf que chimera. Je pense que cet mot est dire avec le 'ch' dur.

[ellipsis]

Je croix que tous ces mots dont vous parlez sont des mots Francais. Ils sont pas des mots Anglais, mais emprunte aux Francais.
Sauf que chimera. Je pense que cet mot est dire avec le 'ch' dur.


...the english language is bastardised from the , French, Germanic tongues added to the Latin and others and thats all it will ever be...no such thing as 'their words' in our's...it's all theirs...

[avgas]

And there are a lot of rear cars on TradeMe, too.
None of this FWD bullshit. Give me rear anyday.

[avgas]

...the english language is bastardised from the , French, Germanic tongues added to the Latin and others and thats all it will ever be...no such thing as 'their words' in our's...it's all theirs...
And then some.
Besides most modern french is on its 5 revolution and sounds different from the lang of old.
This is why there is such massive differences between france, french polynesia, Canada, Swiss and African French.
Not that they would admit it - because that makes them look as bad as the English.
Even the written stuff has changed somewhat.

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/medieval/gif/m389-6.gif

[Hitcher]

Even the written stuff has changed somewhat.

Hardly surprising, given that the language in your (perhaps too large) graphic is Latin.

Raptus regaliter.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Hardly surprising, given that the language in your (perhaps too large) graphic is Latin.

Raptus regaliter.

I take your Raptus regaliter, and raise you a Draconic Quantum.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-609490187.htm

[pritch]

Since this thread seems to be a suitable repository...

In another current thread the term factoid was used to describe a small fact. This is incorrect, "factoid" was originally intended to describe something that is accepted as fact but is not. If the majority get it wrong often enough, however, their version might become the new correct version.

[Mental Trousers]

Since this thread seems to be a suitable repository...

In another current thread the term factoid was used to describe a small fact. This is incorrect, "factoid" was originally intended to describe something that is accepted as fact but is not. If the majority get it wrong often enough, however, their version might become the new correct version.

You mean like verse? :mad::angry2::brick::mad::angry2::brick:

[pritch]

You mean like verse? :mad::angry2::brick::mad::angry2::brick:

Like vice verse? :innocent:

[MVnut]

All my life I have said champion-chip but I was listening to an English commentator today who clearly said "champion ship".

and I'm all like "Woah, dude, he says it like its spelled".

That is all.

Funny man (hope your post is in jest)

[Woodman]

I would hate to loose a championchip. :msn-wink::msn-wink::bleh::no::eek:

[Mental Trousers]

Like vice verse? :innocent:

Like verse vs versus ;)

[HenryDorsetCase]

I had to come over a bridge over the Heathcote River today. Its pronounced "hethhhh kit" round these parts. Not heAth coat.

Also, I followed one of those silly big SUV's today (in my far smaller and less impressive SUV) and it had one of those spare wheel covers on it. Emblazoned thereon was the word "Bugger". That is quite odd. Does it show the owner's predilection for anal sex? Are they a pitcher or a catcher? So at the traffic lights I got out and wrote "Me please - I will pay $10" underneath it. for clarity of course. Clarity in communication is key, one finds.

[Ocean1]

I had to come over a bridge over the Heathcote River today.

English place names are immune from correct pronunciation.

I mean, how can you take the sound of Worcestershire seriously in it’s native tongue let alone those of barbarous colonial heathens.

[neels]

Also, I followed one of those silly big SUV's today (in my far smaller and less impressive SUV) and it had one of those spare wheel covers on it. Emblazoned thereon was the word "Bugger". That is quite odd. Does it show the owner's predilection for anal sex? Are they a pitcher or a catcher? So at the traffic lights I got out and wrote "Me please - I will pay $10" underneath it. for clarity of course. Clarity in communication is key, one finds.
And yet you too neglected to specify whether you wished to be pitcher or catcher. Clarity in communication is indeed key.

[wayne]

in wsbk its champion (chip) pata

[ellipsis]

...666........

[avgas]

Hardly surprising, given that the language in your (perhaps too large) graphic is Latin.
Raptus regaliter.
Really?
So not Teutonic?

English has borrowed elements overtime from French, Itallian and Spannish, but rarely Latin.........also the core is fundamentally different. English is closer to Dutch and Nordic Languages than Spanish or French or Latin for a reason.

The Latin alphabet was adopted as a tool to make written text easier. Teutonic was not formed using the same characters. So what they did was implement sounds the Latin letters formed to create written english as we see it now. In fact this is where the term English came from.

Northern languages were not the only ones to do this. 1000 years later - Chinese adopted the same process and formed the written language Piying, Japan did similar with Katakana (sp?).
Note that this process was not called "Latinization" but "Romanization" because even the Romans changed Latin from its original core.

Referencing English to Latin is like referencing trees to amoeba.........if I plant an Amoeba I doubt I would grow a tree. Likewise if I cut open a tree, I doubt I would find the Amoeba that started it. The two are so disconnected that it does make sense.

I have no even touched on the origins in Sanskrit, which affected English the most, more so than Latin did. Which is why we write words in lower case, and have punctuation. It is also the reason why the same word can be used in multiple context an change the meaning. Unlike latin where there are multiple words for same thing in different contexts.

So keep believing the world is based on latin, and we only had 1 language 2,000 years ago.

[HenryDorsetCase]

And yet you too neglected to specify whether you wished to be pitcher or catcher. Clarity in communication is indeed key.

I'm good with either, as you know :)

[pritch]

So not Teutonic?


My guess is not, since it was most likely written by a monk, and since the Ghurch of England was centuries away it was probably done under the auspices of the church of Rome.

One thing though: what was the original Roman language? Trojan?