Matt Garza is an obsessive compulsive spitter. He now has a mouth appliance that prevents him from spitting. However, during stressful times he will move the appliance so he can spit. I always look @ spitting as somewhat sexual in nature. No BS.
Sixty and I had a conversation sometime back about discreet vs. discrete, and other words, awhile back.
Deborah, They had a nice piece on the CBS Sunday Morning show w/ Will. He was interviewed by Mo Rocca, who I have liked from his days back on The Daily Show. It's about Wrigley Field. There's a photo of Will in his Little League uniform, wearing big dorky glasses, that you would enjoy.
"Expectorate" -- besides being rare - is a great example of the Latinate/Germanic dichotomy in the English language. For every crude bodily function (nouns and verbs): shit, piss, fuck, sweat, etc., there is a corresponding Latinate term to mask some of the offense. I believe this is unique to English. Linguists trace this phenomenon back to the Norman Conquest when the French language and the corresponding neo-Latin was foisted upon the language. The low-information slobs retained the crude, while our betters spoke otherwise. Could this account for some of the uniquely squeamish and prudish behavior of Brits and Americans?
Do hockey players spit on the ice? Is the Pope a Catholic or a Commie? Why are shoes always paired with rice? Questions are hard! Let's play Gin Rummy.
The sexiest guy on the field is the home plate ump
Large and in charge?
I'd go for the coach, the leader committed to encouraging and eliciting greatness.
In fact, what better day or place to list three top characteristics of an excellent coach.
...the major qualities I saw that distinguished the great from the very good were these three: They cared deeply about people. They had incredibly high personal standards and ambitions. They had a high level of self-knowledge.
The tricky part, to my thinking, is holding all three in balance.
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What's the point?
I had the wrong word up there.
There is discrete and discreet.
Man shall not live by bread alone...
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;...
on and on.
recámara is Spanish for bedroom...
What's the point?
it's a long stretch.
"What's the point?"
Lem's in the sauce again would be my bet :)
The high definition camera captured the player doing his thing... spitting.
Other than the field of play, in front of thousands that would be considered an indiscretion .
Do I have to break it down?
I can't make a ChipA style post?
indiscretion... is utterly meaningless already?
I associate indiscretion with ejection, rejection, spewing the opposite of acceptance.
whatever... I've taken all the fun out it.
I'm stuck on l o o s in g.
turn me loose.
ESL classes, but only after AA meetings.
Matt Garza is an obsessive compulsive spitter. He now has a mouth appliance that prevents him from spitting. However, during stressful times he will move the appliance so he can spit. I always look @ spitting as somewhat sexual in nature. No BS.
Sixty and I had a conversation sometime back about discreet vs. discrete, and other words, awhile back.
I consider Sixty our redneck, William Safire.
Spitting by athletes and regular people utterly disgusts me. I LOATHE it.
Never read a lot of Safire. I heart George Will.
Deborah, They had a nice piece on the CBS Sunday Morning show w/ Will. He was interviewed by Mo Rocca, who I have liked from his days back on The Daily Show. It's about Wrigley Field. There's a photo of Will in his Little League uniform, wearing big dorky glasses, that you would enjoy.
Saucy Lem.
spitting image.
deborah said...
Spitting by athletes and regular people utterly disgusts me. I LOATHE it.
People expectorate better from ball players?
"Expectorate" -- besides being rare - is a great example of the Latinate/Germanic dichotomy in the English language. For every crude bodily function (nouns and verbs): shit, piss, fuck, sweat, etc., there is a corresponding Latinate term to mask some of the offense. I believe this is unique to English. Linguists trace this phenomenon back to the Norman Conquest when the French language and the corresponding neo-Latin was foisted upon the language. The low-information slobs retained the crude, while our betters spoke otherwise. Could this account for some of the uniquely squeamish and prudish behavior of Brits and Americans?
/Safire
Thanks, Nick, that was a gem of a comment.
@ chick, I certainly do. At the last Series I was constantly put off by that chunky first baseman...can't remember his team. I'M SORRY!
Lem, I don't think that's spitting, but blowing or puffing. Why he's doing it, I'm not sure.
Nick, I will look for it, thanks :)
Deborah would rather see them yanking on their pants, rearranging the jewels.
The third basement is full of spit.
I thought the picture looked like an Oriole tweeting. Only thing missing were the little musical notes.
Do hockey players spit? I mean the loogie would freeze on the ice and become a road hazard, as it were.
Cut the Cards
Do hockey players spit on the ice?
Is the Pope a Catholic or a Commie?
Why are shoes always paired with rice?
Questions are hard! Let's play Gin Rummy.
Hockey players spit. But NO athletes spit more than baseball players. Tobacco, gum and seeds are contributing factors.
And Deborah LOVES to watch players grab their package. She's no prude.
Nah, Nick, doesn't do much for me. The sexiest guy on the field is the home plate ump.
The sexiest guy on the field is the home plate ump
Large and in charge?
I'd go for the coach, the leader committed to encouraging and eliciting greatness.
In fact, what better day or place to list three top characteristics of an excellent coach.
...the major qualities I saw that distinguished the great from the very good were these three:
They cared deeply about people.
They had incredibly high personal standards and ambitions.
They had a high level of self-knowledge.
The tricky part, to my thinking, is holding all three in balance.
With the Top 15 at the link
Thanks for that Safire comment Chicke
Loose/lose, and you've used the wrong one, y'all.
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