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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago

What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little

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What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little

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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago
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What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little | The Walrus
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The legal reality Canadians don’t want to face
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    It’s “champing” at the bit.

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      You’re a true chompion of the English language.

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        I’ll drink to that

        gulps down a mouthful of chompagne

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          It’s only chompagne if it comes from the chompagne region of Fronce

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            True, otherwise it’s just sporkling wine

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      They’re generally both considered correct. “Chomping at the bit” has been in use for over 100 years.

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        Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.

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          It’s literally the worst.

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          Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.

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      After a LOT of rabbit holes, …it’s both.

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