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Chimaeraman
Original Poster
119 posts
13 months
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I have always called it Chimaera pronounced as in chips..... saw a clip of Peter Wheeler in the early 90's and he said Kimaera as in kite.........what do we think?? I have to assume that the revered Peter has it right and I have got it wrong??
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VictorMeldrew
8,264 posts
146 months
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Ky-meer-a
As per PW. His design, he must be right!
Which makes those who persist in calling them chimps even more wrong - Ky-mps!!!
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Chimaeraman
Original Poster
119 posts
13 months
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Thanks Victor......I will immediately change my pronunciation!!!
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VictorMeldrew
8,264 posts
146 months
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FlipFlopGriff
4,879 posts
116 months
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MADMAX2
1,707 posts
63 months
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FlipFlopGriff said: Chimp.
FFG queen of the griff girls pops over and tries to humour us once again lol 
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Quietlybonkers
3,122 posts
13 months
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Its definitely Kai-meer-a. Its from the Greek
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JPW231
272 posts
80 months
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When I met PW he originally pronounced it Shim Air A, confirmed in Performance Car at the time.
I always called it that too, believing tat PW must be right, but nobody else seems to know what I'm talking bout ifi do!
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debaron
555 posts
66 months
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Mattt
14,765 posts
87 months
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V8OW
1,235 posts
66 months
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Mattt said: Chim Nee Ah That 350 is gorgeous. Love the color!
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dbv8
5,687 posts
89 months
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eff eff
389 posts
73 months
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According to Wikipedia The Chimera (also Chimaera or Chimæra) ( /kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/; Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous female creature, composed of the parts of three animals: a lion, a serpent and a goat. Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snakes's head,[1] the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term chimera has also come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals. Homer's brief description is the earliest surviving literary reference: "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle So basically ugly and not one thing or the other .......................sounds about right 
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VictorMeldrew
8,264 posts
146 months
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eff eff said: According to Wikipedia The Chimera (also Chimaera or Chimæra) ( /kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/; Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous female creature, composed of the parts of three animals: a lion, a serpent and a goat. Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snakes's head,[1] the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term chimera has also come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals. Homer's brief description is the earliest surviving literary reference: "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle So basically ugly and not one thing or the other .......................sounds about right "Monstrous" and "of immortal make", heart of a lion, sting in the tail; I'll take that. 
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eff eff
389 posts
73 months
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VictorMeldrew said: "Monstrous" and "of immortal make", heart of a lion, sting in the tail; I'll take that. How about the Goat, will you take that too? 
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cjj799
124 posts
48 months
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Quietlybonkers said: Its definitely Kai-meer-a. Its from the Greek Vicky Butler-Henderson prounces it "Kai-meer-a", and thats good enough for me.
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captain slow 82
223 posts
52 months
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I call mine a chim but my friends pronounce it scrap, dog s  t brown or spares or repair.
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Goaty Bill
1,163 posts
20 months
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eff eff said: How about the Goat, will you take that too? And why not?
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Chilliman
3,408 posts
30 months
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Chimaera: bee you tee full Griff: fugg ugg lee
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