Kenan Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Seriously. What is the "chit" in the chat? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
javelina1 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Seriously. What is the "chit" in the chat? Hello my friend. Check out the urban dictionary website. In short: "n. Popular Brit slang for vapid, meaningless chatter...." :) MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
cichlidfan Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Meaning Casual smalltalk or gossip. Origin This is just a reduplication of chat, which is itself a diminutive form of chatter, which has been with us as both a noun and a verb since the 13th century. The two-way, conversational nature of chit-chat is alluded to in the 'to and fro' sound of the term, as in tick-tock and see-saw. It is recorded in two separate citations from 1710. Firstly, in Samuel Palmer's Moral essays on some of the most curious English, Scotch, and foreign proverbs: "'Tis the custom of foolish people ... in their chit chat to be always biting people's reputation behind their back." Secondly, in a piece by Sir Richard Steele, in edition 197 of The Tatler: "If Ralph had Learning added to the common Chit-Chat of the Town." http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/chit-chat.html ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
VincentLaw Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Hello my friend. Check out the urban dictionary website. In short: "n. Popular Brit slang for vapid, meaningless chatter...." :)I think he means what specifically the word chit means in chit-chat. If you look up the etymology of chit-chat, it will tell you that it is a diminishing reduplication, which just means that it is a mutation of chat, essentially chat chat. However, (speculation time) if you look up the word "chit" by itself, "child" is an archaic definition for chit. So this could actually mean child-talk. It makes sense if you consider the conversations of young children to be largely inconsequential. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
NeilWillis Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Young children and Flight sim forum members it seems!
Trooper117 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Ok, a 'chit' is slang for a written note, usually something official. For example ''You need a chit for that'' or ''if you are taking time off you need a 'sick chit' ''
Kenan Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 Thanks! Quite a few interesting explanations! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
G00dnight Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 chit is old english from the days of the british empire it means a small child mostly a girl. chit chat is just small talk that is all. AMD A8-5600K @ 4GHz, Radeon 7970 6Gig, 16 Gig Ram, Win 10 , 250 gig SSD, 40" Screen + 22 inch below, Track Ir, TMWH, Saitek combat pedals & a loose nut behind the stick :thumbup:
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