Chimp or Chim???

[Que1]

This keeps coming up from time to time,so i think it's time to get it sorted. What do you call yours?

I'll start the battle

CHIMP

[tvrbob]

Chimaera
Chim
Toy



NOT A CHIMP

[gemini]

Definitely not chimp - anything
penelope if you like but not chimp

its like us calling you arse

Its a chimaera - wheres the "P" from
people called rick dont like the silent P so please not chim(P)

[ssc1]

does it really matter , if you start laying down rules for a name then you will always have some one call it a chimp, and its easier to say chim/chimp, and it sounds better than bmw/audi/rover or all those other euro boxes that everyone and a dog has ....

[gemini]

far too sensible for a sunday

[jigs]

Didn't Dick Van Dyke sing a song about it - Chim - Chim - a - Ree, Chim - Chim - - - All join in! He also said 'Corr Blimey' a lot just like Cosmoschick's Mini Fan Club.

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Que1 said:

This keeps coming up from time to time,so i think it's time to get it sorted. What do you call yours? I'll start the battle CHIMP

Your a mischievous, tease aren't you
Tim

[TravelsVeryRapid]

Would you call an effeminate monkey a Chim Pansy?

Just a thought.

Steve.

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jigs said:

Didn't Dick Van Dyke sing a song about it - Chim - Chim - a - Ree, Chim - Chim - - - All join in! He also said 'Corr Blimey' a lot just like Cosmoschick's Mini Fan Club.

jigs, i'm pretty sure that this song wasn't actually about TVRs, unless he was ahead of his time, i'm sure Steve heath will confirm..
Tim

[HarryW]

I can't sing so I won't enter the banter about the american m'ockney, suffice to say, try singing that with a hard K instead of a CH rolleyes:.

CHIM would appear to be the preferred name by owners, CHIMP when in conversation with them and I'm in a devilish mood myself .

Harry

PS converstaion could concievably be whilst 'posting' and not necessarily 'talking'

[hammy hamster]

Its a silent P like the one in bath!!

Think about it!!

Hammy

[HarryW]

hammy hamster said:

Its a silent P like the one in bath!! Think about it!! Hammy

Good for athletes foot I understand .

H

[Ballistic Banana]

gemini said:

Definitely not chimp - anything penelope if you like but not chimp its like us calling you arse Its a chimaera - wheres the "P" from people called rick dont like the silent P so please not chim(P)

Playing Devils Advocate . Dick is Short for Richard so using your Theory Gemini PLZ explain that One:Wistlesaswalksofsmugly:

BB

[Ballistic Banana]

Chim, Chimp NNAHH i call them Golf Caddies
:runsforcoverbacktothegriffithforum:

BB

[tvrbob]

Ballistic Banana said:

gemini said: Definitely not chimp - anything penelope if you like but not chimp its like us calling you arse Its a chimaera - wheres the "P" from people called rick dont like the silent P so please not chim(P) Playing Devils Advocate . Dick is Short for Richard so using your Theory Gemini PLZ explain that One:Wistlesaswalksofsmugly: BB

Yes but Richard is quite tall so we can call him Big Dick.

[Voltaire53]

Just call ine "The Beast" ... would never call it a Chimp and also Chim doesn't fit (to me) because the pronuciation of Chimaera is not Chim-air-u but Ky-mare-u.

YMMV

[N17 TVR]

I think we are all agreed that the correct pronunciation of Chimaera is with a 'hard' K.

So calling it a 'Chim' = pronunciation 'Kime',....but what exactly is a 'Kime'... ?

Don't see anything wrong with calling it a Chimp IMHO, better than 'Ugly Pig' which was it's original development name.

[jessica]

well mine's a TVR,Or trev to you all

and he is lovley...

[RichB]

Voltaire53 said:

the pronuciation of Chimaera is not Chim-air-u but Ky-mare-u

Thought it was Ky-mere-a myself? Rich...

[K4TRV]

jessica said:

well mine's a TVR,Or trev to you all and he is lovley...

Now I are a Trev and I have a TVR but I couldn't afford to label she as such so she's a TRV and also really good looking.