Sunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoWhat Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Littlethewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down17
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minus-squarenwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 month agoThey’re generally both considered correct. “Chomping at the bit” has been in use for over 100 years.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-21 month agoLanguage, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.
minus-squareAmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month agoChamping at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoForty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. Tolkien thought it was champ.
They’re generally both considered correct. “Chomping at the bit” has been in use for over 100 years.
Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.
It’s literally the worst.
Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
It’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.
Forty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit.
Tolkien thought it was champ.
Teef!