▲ 775 ▼ Fox News seems to ignore the crime rate in Republican States (discuss.online) submitted 1 year ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://xcancel.com/GovPressOffice/status/1959370028622729280#m
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (6 children) champing* permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (5 children) Fyi, that isn't the standard across the English speaking world and never heard champing before being on this website. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Champing was the standard (even if you'd never heard it) and now it isn't. Chomping is an accepted version of the phrase now. Language in the act of changing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's at least a 40 y/o change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Sure, at least. I remember reading "champing" in the phrase (in books that were at least decades old by then) as a yout and questioning whether that was a typo or a mistake because I was certain I'd heard it as "chomping" when someone spoke it. My english teacher stated more and more people used "chomping" and it wasn't necessarily wrong. That was in the late 70's. I am olde and get offa my lawn. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Archaic or rarely-used words often get preserved in idioms like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago And pointing it out is needlessly pedantic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (5 children) Fyi, that isn't the standard across the English speaking world and never heard champing before being on this website. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Champing was the standard (even if you'd never heard it) and now it isn't. Chomping is an accepted version of the phrase now. Language in the act of changing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's at least a 40 y/o change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Sure, at least. I remember reading "champing" in the phrase (in books that were at least decades old by then) as a yout and questioning whether that was a typo or a mistake because I was certain I'd heard it as "chomping" when someone spoke it. My english teacher stated more and more people used "chomping" and it wasn't necessarily wrong. That was in the late 70's. I am olde and get offa my lawn. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Archaic or rarely-used words often get preserved in idioms like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago And pointing it out is needlessly pedantic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Champing was the standard (even if you'd never heard it) and now it isn't. Chomping is an accepted version of the phrase now. Language in the act of changing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's at least a 40 y/o change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Sure, at least. I remember reading "champing" in the phrase (in books that were at least decades old by then) as a yout and questioning whether that was a typo or a mistake because I was certain I'd heard it as "chomping" when someone spoke it. My english teacher stated more and more people used "chomping" and it wasn't necessarily wrong. That was in the late 70's. I am olde and get offa my lawn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's at least a 40 y/o change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Sure, at least. I remember reading "champing" in the phrase (in books that were at least decades old by then) as a yout and questioning whether that was a typo or a mistake because I was certain I'd heard it as "chomping" when someone spoke it. My english teacher stated more and more people used "chomping" and it wasn't necessarily wrong. That was in the late 70's. I am olde and get offa my lawn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Sure, at least. I remember reading "champing" in the phrase (in books that were at least decades old by then) as a yout and questioning whether that was a typo or a mistake because I was certain I'd heard it as "chomping" when someone spoke it. My english teacher stated more and more people used "chomping" and it wasn't necessarily wrong. That was in the late 70's. I am olde and get offa my lawn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Archaic or rarely-used words often get preserved in idioms like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago And pointing it out is needlessly pedantic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago And pointing it out is needlessly pedantic. permalink fedilink source parent
