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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread chapfallen #146161 08/09/2005 8:14 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 connon stranger connon stranger Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 I don't agree with the derivation given to this word. Chap=chop=chopfallen what's that about? I think it might be derived from the word "shap" which means crest in English and is used to descibe hills mostly in northen England. Therefore Chap=shap=shapfallen=crestfallen. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted chapfallen connon 08/09/2005 8:14 AM Re: chapfallen tsuwm 08/09/2005 12:48 PM Re: chapfallen connon 08/09/2005 2:32 PM Re: chapfallen WhitmanO'Neill 08/09/2005 4:52 PM Re: chapfallen tsuwm 08/09/2005 5:36 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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