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==English==

===Etymology===
{{onomatopoeia|en}}, from the Italianate pronunciation of ''c'' as /t͡ʃ/ (“ch”) before ''i'' and ''e''.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/t͡ʃiːz ənd t͡ʃɔːz/|a=UK}} (see {{m|en|and}} for variants)

===Noun===
{{en-noun|p|head=[[chee]]s [[and]] [[chaw]]s}}

# {{lb|en|dated|derogatory}} The sounds made in [[Italianate]] [[pronunciation]] of [[Latin]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1943|month=June|journal=The Gramophone|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2eTjAAAAMAAJ|volume=21|page=18|text={{...}} a quite recent notice in ''The Times'' of a Bach performance at the Albert Hall by a famous society regretted that, at this time of day, the “'''chees and chaws'''” of Italian pronunciation should be offered to an audience.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1966|author=w:Owen Chadwick|title=The Victorian Church|volume=1|page=283|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/x-1-victorian-church/page/283/mode/1up|text=The Italian pronunciation of Latin with ''ch'' instead of ''c'', benedichere for benedicere, became fashionable and was mocked by conservative Catholics as '''chees and chaws'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2001|author={{w|Jamie O'Neill|Jamie O’Neill}}|title=w:At Swim, Two Boys|isbn=0743241878|page=60|pageurl=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YBx0Bj9izxsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA60&dq=%22chees%20and%20chaws%22&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false|text=“{{...}} Wouldn’t you think they’d get the Latin right first. The inflexion one sometimes hears is deplorable. All '''chees and chaws''' like an ice-cream vendor out of Napoli.”}}

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