Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Chatham House Rule / Chery
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Chatham House Rule, Not Rules. A rule of confidentiality formulated
in 1927 at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, or Chatham
House, London. Under it information gathered at a meeting may
be used, but the source may not be disclosed.
Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama.
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Chatto & Windus Ltd. British publisher.
chauffeur.
Chávez, Hugo. (1954–) President of Venezuela (1999–); full name
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.
Chayefsky, Paddy. (1923–1981) American playwright and screenwriter.
cheap, cheep. The first means inexpensive; the second refers to the
sound birds make.
cheddar cheese, but Cheddar (cap.) for the place in England whence
it originated.
Cheeryble brothers. Characters in Charles Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby.
Chelyabinsk, Siberia, Russia.
Chemnitz, Germany; formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Chennai is the new official name for Madras, India, but until it is
fully established both names should probably be used on first
reference.
Chennault, Claire. (1890–1958) American general, organized Flying
Tigers air corps in World War II.
Chequers. Official country home of the British prime minister, near
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.
Chernenko, Konstantin. (1911–1985) President of the Soviet Union
(1984–1985).
Chernobyl. Ukrainian site of world’s worst known nuclear accident
(1986).
Cherokee. North American Indian people.
Chery. Chinese car manufacturer; not Cherry.