Cleveland Rocks? Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Totally missed this after the first preseason game... https://twitter.com/...398487014342657 Sam Morris @sammorris44 Follow @drewmagary @xmasape after one preseason game OH - I saw that! It was a joke. They were doing a parody type segment about overreactions from early preseason games! Not serious at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Oh, thank god haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Mark Gaughan @gggaughan 5m Bills jumping on joint-practice bandwagon this week when they visit Steelers. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/08/11/bills-joining-league-wide-trend-pairing-steelers-joint-practices/ … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Lol @buffalobills: Just a handful of people lined up to get an autograph from @sammywatkins at the @RocRedWings game. http://t.co/SjiuOuoTJy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Lol @buffalobills: Just a handful of people lined up to get an autograph from @sammywatkins at the @RocRedWings game. http://t.co/SjiuOuoTJy "Men over 16 should get a life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp2Warlick Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Buffalo Bills @buffalobills 9m Put it on the record: @sammywatkins says #Bills fans are crazier than @ClemsonTigers fans. Buffalo Bills @buffalobills 58s Like a natural. #SammyDoesItAll pic.twitter.com/GIhIKlg26N Sammy Watkins and Rochester Red Wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Don't tell me he can pitch too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Come on, ROC! Wth. @thadbrown7: Bon Jovi was played bt innings of Wings game where Sammy Watkins threw 1st pitch. Not a single boo. Sammy was still signing autographs tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig1Hunter Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Buffalo Bills @buffalobills 9m Put it on the record: @sammywatkins says #Bills fans are crazier than @ClemsonTigers fans. Buffalo Bills @buffalobills 58s Like a natural. #SammyDoesItAll pic.twitter.com/GIhIKlg26N Sammy Watkins and Rochester Red Wings Is that a ping pong ball in his hand? Good Lord, the man has huge hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis in NC Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Champing. OK, I'll bite. I just had to look this up. http://grammarist.com/usage/champing-chomping-at-the-bit/ The idiom is usually written chomping at the bit, and some people consider this spelling wrong. But chomp can also mean to bite or chew noisily (though chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not), so chomp at the bit means roughly the same as champ at the bit. I like the English language, and try to use it correctly. I can appreciate your need to correct the poster's usage. Oddly enough, both champing and chomping are correct, just slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) OK, I'll bite. I just had to look this up. http://grammarist.com/usage/champing-chomping-at-the-bit/ The idiom is usually written chomping at the bit, and some people consider this spelling wrong. But chomp can also mean to bite or chew noisily (though chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not), so chomp at the bit means roughly the same as champ at the bit. I like the English language, and try to use it correctly. I can appreciate your need to correct the poster's usage. Oddly enough, both champing and chomping are correct, just slightly different. They are not the same and both are not correct. Champing at the bit is the correct usage. Chomping at the bit only became accepted because people didn't know the difference (like the fact "literally" now has a second meaning in the oed). Champing at the bit is the only correct usage. (But your first sentence in this had me laughing. Very puny and well done) Edited August 12, 2014 by GreggyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l< j Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) They are not the same and both are not correct. Champing at the bit is the correct usage. Chomping at the bit only became accepted because people didn't know the difference (like the fact "literally" now has a second meaning in the oed). Champing at the bit is the only correct usage. (But your first sentence in this had me laughing. Very puny and well done) OED says you're wrong and have been since 1645. That's a long time to be wrong. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xi. 22 The Cittadell here,..serves as a shrew'd Curb unto her [sc. the town], which makes her often Chomp upon the Bit.1937 Salamanca (N.Y.) Republican-Press 4 June 8/4 (caption) Apparently very dejected but perhaps merely ‘chomping at the bit’ because of his suspension,..Dizzy Dean, star St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, is shown as he sat in the stands. 1958 S. Hoig Humor Amer. Cowboy (1970) i. 33 The old man was chomping at the bit to be off, so they hit the trail with the herd. 1992 MacUser 17 Apr. 5/2 Having seen prototype RISC-Mac, I think it's safe to say that you'll all be chomping at the bit. And I think you meant 'punny' Characterized by or favouring puns or punning; consisting of or containing a pun or puns. and not 'puny' which is an adjective applied to something small, insignificant, or junior in rank. I can do pedantry with the best of them. Or worst, depending on which way you're looking. kj Edited August 12, 2014 by l< j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 They are not the same and both are not correct. Champing at the bit is the correct usage. Chomping at the bit only became accepted because people didn't know the difference (like the fact "literally" now has a second meaning in the oed). Champing at the bit is the only correct usage. (But your first sentence in this had me laughing. Very puny and well done) Yup. And horses don't really chomp at the bit when they are champing or chomping at the bit, they are champing because of how they chew, so they never really chomp at the bit. They do, however, chomp at the hair. OED says you're wrong and have been since 1645. That's a long time to be wrong. kj Actually, that only means other writers and layman have been wrong since 1645. Champing has been around since the 1300s. The first known use of chomp as a bastardization of champ was in 1581. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedGame Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Please, sweet Jesus, let the regular season get here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEMESOMEBILLS Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) OK, I'll bite. I just had to look this up. http://grammarist.co...ing-at-the-bit/ The idiom is usually written chomping at the bit, and some people consider this spelling wrong. But chomp can also mean to bite or chew noisily (though chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not), so chomp at the bit means roughly the same as champ at the bit. I like the English language, and try to use it correctly. I can appreciate your need to correct the poster's usage. Oddly enough, both champing and chomping are correct, just slightly different. They are not the same and both are not correct. Champing at the bit is the correct usage. Chomping at the bit only became accepted because people didn't know the difference (like the fact "literally" now has a second meaning in the oed). Champing at the bit is the only correct usage. (But your first sentence in this had me laughing. Very puny and well done) OED says you're wrong and have been since 1645. That's a long time to be wrong. And I think you meant 'punny' and not 'puny' which is an adjective applied to something small, insignificant, or junior in rank. I can do pedantry with the best of them. Or worst, depending on which way you're looking. kj Yup. And horses don't really chomp at the bit when they are champing or chomping at the bit, they are champing because of how they chew, so they never really chomp at the bit. They do, however, chomp at the hair. https://www.facebook...804997802878335 Actually, that only means other writers and layman have been wrong since 1645. Champing has been around since the 1300s. The first known use of chomp as a bastardization of champ was in 1581. I'm sorry I thought this was the training camp thread. The regular season can't get here soon enough it has me champing...errr chomping at the bit...wait is that right? Edited August 12, 2014 by LOVEMESOMEBILLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l< j Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Actually, that only means other writers and layman have been wrong since 1645. Champing has been around since the 1300s. The first known use of chomp as a bastardization of champ was in 1581. That's a long time to be a bastard. While it is true that chomp comes after champ (by less than 100 years, in the OED entries I looked at), as it all occurred before the standardization of English spelling, I am not sure it should be considered a bastardization. kj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That's a long time to be a bastard. While it is true that chomp comes after champ (by less than 100 years, in the OED entries I looked at), as it all occurred before the standardization of English spelling, I am not sure it should be considered a bastardization. kj I'm not a grammar nazi, nor do I play one on TV, but right is right and wrong is wrong. When a professional writer tweets out "chomping at the bit", it's irksome and exactly how incorrect words become acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm not a grammar nazi, nor do I play one on TV, but right is right and wrong is wrong. When a professional writer tweets out "chomping at the bit", it's irksome and exactly how incorrect words become acceptable. Yup. And horses don't really chomp at the bit when they are champing or chomping at the bit, they are champing because of how they chew, so they never really chomp at the bit. They do, however, chomp at the hair. https://www.facebook...804997802878335 Actually, that only means other writers and layman have been wrong since 1645. Champing has been around since the 1300s. The first known use of chomp as a bastardization of champ was in 1581. I'm not a grammar nazi, nor do I play one on TV, but right is right and wrong is wrong. When a professional writer tweets out "chomping at the bit", it's irksome and exactly how incorrect words become acceptable. The thread seems to have been hijacked, which I don't like, but I will give in and make it worse. Sorry everybody. I am not a grammar nazi, but I do think I have a solid grasp of the language. According to statistics, better than average (that might be sad for the stats). Why can't language evolve. Everything else does, and does so with gusto. Why does language have to play by the rules of the 1500's. Wrong is wrong and right is right, until things evolve, and then we accept that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Bills are back at practice today so this thread will be saved from becoming an English class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Lol @buffalobills: Just a handful of people lined up to get an autograph from @sammywatkins at the @RocRedWings game. http://t.co/SjiuOuoTJy Poor Sammy must have had hand cramps after all those sigs. Anyway, had him sign a mini helmet, and I was chomping at the bit to get it signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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