[Ansteorra-archery] Archery in the bridge battes at Gulf
Scott Mills
b.scott.mills at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 14:52:02 PST 2012
They are the same word. Actually Chomp is a modern alteration of the
more period Champ.
Websters list Champing at the bit and chomping at the bit as examples
for both.
/Thirty white horses on a red hill,/
/First they champ,/
/Then they stamp,/
/Then they stand still. /
-EA
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> not to put too fine a line on it, but shouldn't that be champing at
> the bit? Chomping hurts!
> ~ihon
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> One person with passion is better than forty people merely
> interested."
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> --- E. M. Forster
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> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Ld. Cian Rhys Gravenor
> <metaldog00 at hotmail.com <mailto:metaldog00 at hotmail.com>>wrote:
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> We in the north are chomping at the bit for this battle, have no
> fear. =)
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> Cian.
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