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The other day I was in a very noisy tea room and remembered my dad referring to such a noise (clattering cutlery, excited children, shouting adults, etc.) as a chow-row. Is it a real word, or did he invent it?
Sylvia posted about this #216 in https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/old-saying.188/page-8
Was your dad ever in the forces, Maria? It seems to describe the row in a canteen. Chow came to English from Chinese for food. Doubling the sound or word is a common way of making new words. I've not heard this for years!
Derek
Sylvia posted about this #216 in https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/old-saying.188/page-8
Was your dad ever in the forces, Maria? It seems to describe the row in a canteen. Chow came to English from Chinese for food. Doubling the sound or word is a common way of making new words. I've not heard this for years!
Derek