Gerald is intriguing and must have been quite a man for Benedicta to have been so in love with him. And I agree - chisping is a very good word, makes me look forward to the start of Winter. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 04:18:39 10/21/07 Sun
Author: kgp
Subject: Gerald is intriguing and must have been quite a man for Benedicta to have been so in love with him. And I agree - chisping is a very good word, makes me look forward to the start of Winter.
In reply to: Lady Jay 's message, "QOTD for Sunday, October 21, 2007" on 22:02:44 10/20/07 Sat

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What is "chisping" and where does the word come from. Google doesn'r recognize it at all. It's about snow, but how exactly? (NT) -- Helka, 05:48:57 10/21/07 Sun

Hi Helka, I couldn't find the word chisping on any of my dictionary sites. Could it be based on the sound that snow and frozen ground makes when you walk on them? (NT) -- Jane, 07:58:38 10/21/07 Sun

In the first line of that chapter, DG describes chisping as "that ambiguous sort of precipitation, half snow, not quite drizzle." Don't know what the origin is. (NT) -- Lady Jay (), 08:15:06 10/21/07 Sun

I asked about the origin of the word on Compuserve and Diana said it was a word used by her mother's side of the family (who are of English descent). Interestingly enough, if you Google "chisping", one of the links that comes up is the link to that very same Compuserve thread where the question was asked . (NT) -- Karen (), 08:49:39 10/21/07 Sun
- I saw that thread. I also wondered if the Karen there was a Karen who also posts here. Now I know! *G* (NT) -- Lady Jay, 09:05:12 10/21/07 Sun
  - Yes, that was me :-) (NT) -- Karen, 09:19:02 10/21/07 Sun
- Yes Karen, I saw the thread, but what kind of snow fall is chisping. Please bear with me here, it's just that in Finnish there are lots of of words for snow and each have a bit different meaning. I gather chisping means seeing some dry flakes dancing in the air in a dry freezing day. (NT) -- Helka, 09:21:33 10/21/07 Sun
  - Well, my impression (based solely on the description in the book, so I might be wrong) is that it's a very very light snow, that would be called "drizzle" if it was raining. The sort of precipitation that can't decide whether it wants to be rain or snow. (We get that a lot here in Raleigh, NC, so it made perfect sense to me.) I don't believe it's the kind of snow that sticks to the ground, though. Again, this is all just my speculation based on what's written in that brief description in the book. (NT) -- Karen, 09:28:54 10/21/07 Sun
    - I thought it was an almost drizzle, just barely cold enough to be real snow. Sort of a soft sleet? (NT) -- kgp, 09:50:18 10/21/07 Sun
      - I've never heard of chisping before and when I googled it, I got to the Compuserve link, which was very interesting. DG says it was used by her grandfather or great grandfather, I can't remember which. It put me in mind of my beloved grandfather who died many years ago, he used some odd words and phrases to entertain me, some of which he had made up himself. It made me wonder if this was such a word, I've looked in all my dictionaries and it isn't anywhere to be found. Interestingly, on the same Compuserve link, someone asks about drawing pins, I didn't think there would be any difficulty with this word, as it is all I call the things, round, metal with a short but very sharp point, for pinning paper items to walls or boards. (NT) -- Kirsten, 14:08:47 10/21/07 Sun
        Where I live we call those "thumbtacks" (or "push pins" for the ones with plastic heads instead of metal). I'd never heard of drawing pins until I saw that Compuserve thread (never noticed the reference in the book....) (NT) -- Karen, 14:31:26 10/21/07 Sun

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