Python tricks
John Machin
sjmachin at lexicon.net
Mon Jan 12 09:10:58 EST 2009
On Jan 13, 12:51 am, Tim Chase <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> took a
walk on the OT side:
> > Could someone chip in with other suggestions?
>
> As an aside: the phrase is "chime in"[1] (to volunteer
> suggestions) "Chip in"[2] usually involves contributing money to
> a common fund ("care to chip in $10 for Sally's wedding gift from
> the office?" where the pool of money would then be used to buy
> one large/expensive gift for Sally)
>
> [1]http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chime+in
> [2]http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic1768.html
All rather locale-dependent; see e.g. http://www.answers.com/topic/chip-in
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