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Chippy (other)
Chippy or Chippie may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Chippy'' (album), an album of songs from a play of the same name. * ''Chippy'' (film), a 2017 Malayalam-language Indian film. * ''Chippy'' (2019 video game), a bullet hell video game developed by Facepunch. * ''Chippy'' (2013 video game), a time management video game produced by Glitchers. People and fictional characters * Chippy (nickname) Other uses * Mrs Chippy, a cat that accompanied Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17 * Chippy, a brand of corn chips in the Philippines, made by Universal Robina * ''Chippy'', a slang term for a carpenter, in the List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L) * Fish and chip shop, known colloquially in British English as a ''chippy'' See also * Chippi (other) * ''Chippie'', a German former radio program * Bertha Hill (1905–1950), American singer and dancer nicknamed "Chippie" * Potato chip, known colloquial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippy (album)
''Chippy'', also known as ''Songs from "Chippy"'', is an album by Terry Allen (country singer), Terry Allen, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, and Jo Carol Pierce. It contains original music from the musical, ''Chippy'', which was written by Jo Harvey and Terry Allen and commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia, where it received its world premiere in 1994. The setting of the musical is West Texas in the 1930s. Production The album was recorded at Joe Ely's home studio. It was produced by Ely and Terry Allen. Critical reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' called ''Chippy'' "one of the best albums of the year in country music, or any other genre," writing that "crusty singing voices abound, and they are utterly persuasive in creating the illusion that we are listening to people who moved across a landscape of barrooms and oil fields more than 50 years ago." The ''Orlando Sentinel'' wrote that "it's particularly wonder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippy (film)
''Chippy'' is a 2017 Malayalam language film produced by B S Babu under the banner of Film finity Productions.The film stars Srinda Arhaan, Joy Mathew and Sruthi Menon in the lead roles, along with Surabhi Lakshmi, Salim Kumar, Indrans, Vijilesh and Manikandan R Achari. The film is directed by Pradeep Chokli, while the music is composed by Sachin Balu. The screenplay is based on a story written by Vineesh Palayadu. It was nominated for Kerala State children film awards 2018. Plot Chippy is the story of a group of schoolchildren from Thalassery, a coastal region in Kerala. They plan to make a short film portraying their lives. The story is about the life of Shobha, who is the mother of one of the children. She will lose her husband who was the only breadwinner for the family. Later she has to sell all her hens and her home for her living. The film also portrays their condition that the children even asks her whether she would sell them also. Later she and her children have to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippy (2019 Video Game)
Facepunch Studios Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher headquartered in Birmingham, England, founded in June 2004 and incorporated on 17 March 2009 by Garry Newman. The company is most known for its sandbox video game ''Garry's Mod'' and survival game ''Rust''. Facepunch is currently developing ''S&box'', which is regarded as a spiritual successor to ''Garry's Mod''. History Facepunch Studios was founded by Garry Newman in June 2004 for the forthcoming release of ''Facewound''. Newman and his collaborators intended to use this studio name instead of one of their personal names to appear more professional. The name "Facepunch" came from the brainstorming of names for the game ''Facewound'' – where something "stupidly macho" was required. Two names were chosen at the end: Facepunch and Facewound. ''Facewound'' was used for the game, but Facepunch was deemed "too funny sounding to just leave to die" – and so was used as the name for the company. In 2004, Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippy (2013 Video Game)
Glitchers is a British video-game company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Overview The company was founded in 2013. Glitchers is best known for developing '' Sea Hero Quest'' in 2016. The game was developed in collaboration with Alzheimer's Research UK to help dementia research by tracking players' 3D navigation. The company's name was GLITCHE.RS from 2013 to 2016. It uses the tagline "Games for Good", and aims to "create games that could make a positive impact on the world". Games * '' Plunderland'' (2010) is an interactive pirate adventure game for iPhone, released initially as part of Johnny Two Shoes but now developed by Glitchers and is available as part of GameClub. * ''Chippy'' (2013), a time management game in a simulated fish and chips shop, Chippy was developed as a self-funded app based game and is now available as part of GameClub. Chippy was well received and described by Pocket Gamer as “addictive stuff, and it’s easy to play”. * ''Gumulon'' (2013) is a mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippy (nickname)
Chippy is a nickname of: People *Liam Brady (born 1956), Irish footballer *George Britt (1895–1972), American baseball player in the Negro leagues *Clive Clark (footballer) (1940–2014), English footballer *Peter Frilingos (1944–2004), Australian sports journalist and commentator *Chippy Gaw (1892–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1920 and college ice hockey head coach *Chippy Gunasekara (1905–1974), first-class cricketer and lawyer from Ceylon *Chris Hipkins (born 1978), the 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand *Chippy McGarr (1863–1904), American baseball player *Harry McNish (1874–1930), carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 *Willie Naughton (1870–1906), Scottish footballer *Chippy Renjith (b. 1975), Indian actress *David "Chippy" Robinson (1897–1967), American Prohibition-era gangster *Chippy Simmons (1878–1937), English footballer Fictional characters * Chippy The Blue crab (I Spy Chippy) book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrs Chippy
Mrs Chippy was a male ship's cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. Life Mrs Chippy, a tiger-striped tabby, was taken on board the ship used by the expedition's Weddell Sea party, , as a ship's cat by carpenter and master shipwright Harry "Chippy" McNish ("Chippy" being a colloquial British term for a carpenter). The cat acquired its name because, once aboard, it followed McNish around like an overly attentive wife. One month after the ship set sail for Antarctica it was discovered that, despite its name, Mrs Chippy was actually a male. By that time, however, the name had stuck. He was described as "full of character" by members of the expedition and impressed the crew with his ability to walk along the ship's inch-wide rails in even the roughest seas. In Captain Frank Worsley’s diary he describes Mrs Chippy climbing the rigging "... exactly after the manner of a seaman going aloft". Mrs Chippy’s voyage w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Robina
Universal Robina Corporation, abbreviated as URC and also known as Universal Robina, is a Philippine company headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the Philippines, along with San Miguel Corporation, Monde Nissin, Mondelez International, Mondelez Philippines and Nestlé, Nestlé Philippines. URC is a core subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings, JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGSHI) which is one of the largest business conglomerates listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange. History The company was founded on September 28, 1954 by John Gokongwei, John Gokongwei, Jr. under the name Universal Corn Products (UCP) after Gokongwei decided to construct a corn milling plant to produce glucose and cornstarch. In 1961, Consolidated Food Corporation (later known as CFC Corporation) was established. The company's first product was Blend 45 instant coffee. It became one of the best-selling instant coffee brands in the local market, beating Café Puro a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Words Having Different Meanings In American And British English (A–L)
This is the List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L. For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. ''Asterisked'' (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage notes are provided where useful. A B C D E F G H I J K L See also * List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z * List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom * List of British words not widely used in the United States This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish And Chip Shop
A fish and chip shop, sometimes referred to as a chip shop or chippy, is a restaurant that specialises in selling fish and chips. Usually, fish and chip shops provide takeaway service, although some have seating facilities. Fish and chip shops may also sell other foods, including variations on their core offering such as battered sausage and burgers, to regional cuisine such as Indian food. Variations on the name include fish bar, fishery (in Yorkshire), fish shop and chip shop. In most of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, they are colloquially known as a chippy or fishy, while in the Republic of Ireland and the Aberdeen area, they are more commonly known as chippers. History A blue plaque at Oldham's Tommyfield Market in England marks the 1860s origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries. In 1928, Harry Ramsden's fast food restaurant chain opened in the UK. On a single day in 1952, his fish and chip shop in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, served 10,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippi (other) , a municipality in Switzerland
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Chippi may refer to: * Chhipi, a caste of India ** Muslim Chhipi * Chhipi, a river in Sundarbans * Antonio Barijho, nicknamed Chipi, Argentine footballer * Zvonko Pantović, nicknamed Čipi, Serbian musician See also * Çipi, an Albanian name (see for list of people) * Chippy (other) * Chippie * Chippis Chippis is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Chippis is first mentioned in the 11th century as ''Sepils''. Geography Chippis has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.6% is used for agricul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippie
''Chippie'' (''hr2-Computermagazin'') was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting). History ''Chippie'' started in 1990. At first it was broadcast together with the youth magazine ''Radio unfrisiert'', who won the Civis media prize that year. Later it got its own one-hour slot. The show was hosted by Claudia Bultje and Patrick Conley. Topics on the program were, for example: "Computer in Theater, Opera and Rock Concert" (2 May 1992), "Computer and Money" (5 September 1992), "Computers and Sex" (24 October 1992) and "Data Networks" (2 July 1994). The first computer magazine in German radio was ''Bit, byte, gebissen'' (BR, 1985). Today well-known programs are the ''Chaosradio'' (RBB) and ''Matrix'' (ORF). References * Barbara Krebs: "Chippie – das Computermagazin". In: ''PCpur & TEST Magazin'', Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 1992): p. 154. External links * {{in lang, de}Game Boy & Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950), was an American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis Armstrong. Career Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen children. The family moved to New York in 1915. She began her career as a dancer in Harlem and by 1919 was working with Ethel Waters. At age 14, during a stint at Leroy's, a noted New York nightclub, Hill was nicknamed "Chippie" because of her youth. She also performed with Ma Rainey as part of the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. She later established her own song and dance act and toured on the TOBA circuit in the early 1920s. About 1925, she settled in Chicago, where she worked at various venues with King Oliver's Jazz Band. She first recorded in November 1925 for Okeh Records, backed by the cornet player Louis Armstrong and the pianist Richard M. Jones, singing such songs as "Pratt City Blues", "Low Land Blues" and "Kid Man Blues" that year and "Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
