# How do you spell showfor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130 "2024-06-20T19:28:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![santypanty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@santypanty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/santypanty)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/1 "2024-06-20T19:28:05Z")
cheoaforr? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/2 "2024-06-20T19:32:04Z")
definition, please? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/3 "2024-06-20T19:32:47Z")
chauffeur ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/4 "2024-06-20T19:33:45Z")
That is how you spell “show_fur_”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/5 "2024-06-20T19:33:50Z")
Shofar ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/6 "2024-06-20T19:34:12Z")
Fo sho ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/7 "2024-06-20T19:36:22Z")
What’s a showfor? To watch! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/8 "2024-06-20T19:36:28Z")
Well, that blows. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/9 "2024-06-20T19:53:54Z")
“Chauffeur” is French; the literal meaning is “one that heats,” originally used to describe men whose job it was to stoke steam engines. It took me a very long time to spell it correctly. The second u messed me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/10 "2024-06-21T08:02:25Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Chauffeur” is French; the literal meaning is “one that heats,” originally used to describe men whose job it was to stoke steam engines. I didn’t know that, thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/11 "2024-06-21T09:24:15Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Chauffeur” is French; the literal meaning is “one that heats,” originally used to describe men whose job it was to stoke steam engines. > > It took me a very long time to spell it correctly. The second u messed me up every time. There are plenty of French words with that same ending: chanteur, penseur, masseur, derailleur come to mind. Thanks for sharing the etymology. I’ve known the word (and it’s correct spelling) for a long time, but for some reason it never occurred to me to dig up its origin. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/12 "2024-06-21T14:12:27Z")
“Butler” is derived from Old French _botellier_ meaning “the guy who takes care of the wine bottles.” > [@TriPolar](#): > > Shofar > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Well, that blows. Shofar, shogood. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/13 "2024-06-21T14:34:07Z")
chsoughpphaur = showfor as in fu **chsi** a, th **ough** , sa **pph** ire, and dinos **aur** > **[English orthography | Sound-to-spelling correspondences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography#Sound-to-spelling_correspondences)** > > The following table shows for each sound the various spelling patterns used to denote it, starting with the prototypical pattern(s) followed by others in alphabetical order. Some of these patterns are very rare or unique (such as ⟨gh⟩ for /p/, ⟨ph⟩ for /v/, ⟨i⟩ for /ɑː/). An ellipsis (⟨…⟩) stands for an intervening consonant. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/14 "2024-06-21T15:43:29Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > There are plenty of French words with that same ending: chanteur, penseur, masseur, derailleur come to mind. It’s basically equivalent to the “er” ending in english. A baker is someone who bakes. Un chanteur (singer) est quelqu’un qui chante (sings). One that has migrated to english is "connaisseur, which is basically “know-er”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/15 "2024-06-21T16:08:33Z")
What about amateur? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/16 "2024-06-21T16:50:04Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > What about amateur One who does a thing for the love of the thing. Rather than for money. So, sort of, “lover”. Probably don’t say that to your lover, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/17 "2024-06-21T16:51:49Z")
d-r-i-v-e-r ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/18 "2024-06-21T17:04:55Z")
So much discussion in this nonsense thread. There doesn’t seem to be much to showfor it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/19 "2024-06-21T17:18:07Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Chauffeur” is French; the literal meaning is “one that heats,” originally used to describe men whose job it was to stoke steam engines. That’s also where we get the name for a chafing dish, which keeps food warm at a buffet. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130/20 "2024-06-21T17:52:37Z")
In Russian it’s spelled “Pikov Andropov.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130.md?page=2)