Talk:chewie

RFV discussion: September–October 2020
"(Australia, Britain, informal) chewing gum". This is an unusual RFV because I know it's correct for Australia but I dispute that this word is used in Britain. Look at this reversion and this mini-discussion. So, I'm not challenging the sense as a whole, but I am asking that we either find proof that it's used in British English, or else remove that British gloss. Equinox ◑ 10:21, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I've found these examples of British people using the word:
 * They were hard to find as written evidence is fairly scant. However, according to this dialect study by the University of Manchester, about 12% of British people use it and "there are clear clusters of chewy around Merseyside and Middlesbrough". Ajmint (talk) 11:58, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also I would add that Oxford Dictionaries/Lexico define chewy as "[informal British] Chewing gum." Ajmint (talk) 12:16, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * They were hard to find as written evidence is fairly scant. However, according to this dialect study by the University of Manchester, about 12% of British people use it and "there are clear clusters of chewy around Merseyside and Middlesbrough". Ajmint (talk) 11:58, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also I would add that Oxford Dictionaries/Lexico define chewy as "[informal British] Chewing gum." Ajmint (talk) 12:16, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * They were hard to find as written evidence is fairly scant. However, according to this dialect study by the University of Manchester, about 12% of British people use it and "there are clear clusters of chewy around Merseyside and Middlesbrough". Ajmint (talk) 11:58, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also I would add that Oxford Dictionaries/Lexico define chewy as "[informal British] Chewing gum." Ajmint (talk) 12:16, 24 September 2020 (UTC)


 * How do you know that those authors are British people, and not (say) Aussies writing about Britain? In particular "21 things you only know if you've been on a night out in Liverpool" suggests a tourist or travelogue author. Another one refers to Sydney Harbour! Please reconsider your RFV-passed in light of my comments. Equinox ◑ 05:36, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * She may have been in Sydney at the time, but is from England. —Mahāgaja · talk 07:52, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's still someone who spent time in Australia and may well have picked up the local lingo. Equinox ◑ 08:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)