What're Words For, Part 12
It's that time of year when we North Americans are devouring our turkey dinners, hanging our stockings by the fireplace, and just-a-waiting for ole Kris Kringle to leave us our goodies under the tree after he climbs down our chimbley!
"Ahem...excuse me, Joe...did you say "chimbley"?
"Yeah, why? Don't you have one on your house?"
This week's word:
Word: Chimbley (N.) spelling: chimney
Definition: What Santa comes down. Also the glass tube or globe of a kerosene lamp.
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Happy Holidays everyone!
Labels: How to Talk Yankee, Maine
posted by TFKoP at
8:08 AM
4 Comments:
So Joe, is chimbley an actual word
or more a colloquial pronounciation for chimney
as cementery might be for cemetery
or jewelry might be for jewellery
or 'tomato' might be for 'tomatoe'
PS - Good luck catching sight of the shuttle's plume
Quasar: 'Chimbley' is taken from the "How to Talk Yankee" book that I got way back in 1978. The book is a funny dictionary of how some things are said in New England, more specifically, my home State of Maine.
Chim Chimbley, Chim Chimbley, Chim Chim Cherie.
I know, I know, silly Sar.
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