Aaron Murray's Ankle is Only Sprained; Georgia Bulldogs Fans Return to DefCon 5
by T Kyle King on Feb 21, 2011 8:07 PM EST
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PrintI told you there’d be time to panic later. As Seth Emerson reported and a statement from the University confirmed, Aaron Murray sprained his right ankle during a weekend soccer game, and the sophomore signal caller will be available for spring practice.
In other words, . . .
. . . remain calm! All is well!
These things happen, folks. When I was asked on the radio earlier this evening whether the Georgia Bulldogs’ starting quarterback should have risked this type of injury by taking part in a pickup game of soccer, I replied that this wasn’t analogous to Ron Gant’s motorcycle accident (I considered using Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle accident as an example, but I didn’t want to have to liken another Georgia quarterback to Big Ben); you can’t expect a college student not to be a college student, and you can’t wrap a quarterback in bubble wrap from New Year’s Day to Labor Day. Move along, everyone; nothing to see here.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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and Jeff will apparently
be rehabbing his knee at UGA on 4 March??? At least that’s what he says in his twitter feed….
I can bake like a demon.
Don't think you can let that pass as if it's nothing.
I need reasoning on why you’re using inquiring instead of enquiring. Is it simply because it’s the more american thing to do? I’ve looked for reasons on this, and, strangely enough, the particular reason I just named seems to be the go-to answer as to which spelling to use. I’ve also seen logic that inquiring is less formal than enquiring…as enquiring indicates that a formal enquiry is being started (by the police, for instance). Not sure about the truth to any of that and I left my handy grammar rulebook at home today (no, I’m not joking about that).
by hailtogeorgia on Feb 22, 2011 8:19 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, and NCT,
I expect you to chime in with your two cents on this as well.
by hailtogeorgia on Feb 22, 2011 8:19 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting enquiry.
To be honest, I always use inquire. The only time I’ve used any form of enquire is when referring to the Columbus, Georgia, newspaper, the Ledger-Enquirer.
However, I’m favorably impressed by the British usage tendencies between the two words. It appears that enquire is used for general, informal questioning, and inquire for formal, official contexts (an enquiry into the general state of your health upon meeting versus a government inquiry). It is one of the great blessings of the English language that it accepts a single word into its massive vocabulary more than once but with different spellings and, following such acceptance, imposes differences in meaning, allowing us to express subtle shades with much fewer words than speakers of almost any other language. (See also the practice of accepting distinct words for the same idea from different sources and similarly imposing somewhat different definitions that didn’t exist previously).
Unfortunately, I’m afraid that it would be difficult for me to adopt the use of enquire now. I wouldn’t want anyone to see it as a mere affectation. And no, I could not keep a straight face while whilst typing that last bit of hypocrisy.
Ah, so I had them reversed.
I knew I should’ve double checked before writing that from memory. Well, atleast I had the right idea for their differences, albeit backwards.
Also, if we’re to take this explanation for when to make such a change, then we’re to conclude that Kyle would’ve been better served to have used enquiring, as opposed to inquiring. Unless, of course, he were asking for some lawyerly reason, which would make his original usage the better option.
Bravo on your last three sentences…nicely done. Any other words that fall in this category?
by hailtogeorgia on Feb 22, 2011 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Kyle, the site header literally just made me laugh out loud.
Hilarious.
by hailtogeorgia on Feb 22, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks.
Regarding my non-preferred use of “inquiring” instead of “enquiring” on Twitter, all I am able to plead in my own defense are ignorance of the rule and sloppiness, considering the medium. Neither defense is satisfactory.
As this comment thread illustrates, I am wrong often; this was one of those times, and (unlike in the other instance cited herein) I do not have the excuses of (a) obviously having been reacting emotionally in the immediate aftermath of a discouraging loss or (b) having subsequently in the linked thread made it plain that I was reacting emotionally and that I did not intend to disparage the contrary point of view or to express doubts as to its veracity.
Mea culpa, all the way around . . . and thanks for making me aware of an English practice of which I had been unaware. Nice job.
Go 'Dawgs!
Of course!
I mentioned this phenomenon in a comment somewhere else around here. A few pairs that came to mind at the time: channel/canal, break/breach, guard/ward, and also maybe poignant/pungent. Insure/ensure probably fits, as well. These don’t just share common word roots: each pair is the same word — or were the same word until we (English speakers) made them two, perhaps when speakers of different dialects, before spelling standardization (which likely means before the printing press) encountered one another and naturally imposed a somewhat different meaning on the slightly different sounds they heard from each other. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it, anyway.
Didn't Brandon Coutu...
…say his favorite sports memory at UGA, at least prior to kicking the game winning as time expired against Vandy, was winning the intramural soccer title?
I have procured an industrial sized roll of bubble wrap from Costco...
And I fully intend to head up to Athens tomorrow to wrap Aaron Murray up. I’ll also be quitting my job to monitor his activities on a 24 hour basis and I plan to take him on ride alongs during the night hours as I patrol downtown alleys for rogue football players.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
by RedCrake on Feb 21, 2011 10:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That's what I am talking about.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I think I'll take a victory lap...
TKyle, after the Xavier loss (Feb. 8):
I don’t think there’s a chance in the world we reach 20 regular-season wins. If we make it to 19, I’ll be surprised, maybe even shocked. There aren’t four wins left on the schedule; there just aren’t.
I responded by showing that Ken Pomeroy had 19 and 20 wins as equally likely and both much more likely than 18 wins or less.
TKyle’s response:
Ken Pomeroy is using statistics. I am using experience. Reality beats probability every day of the week, and twice on Selection Sunday.
So where are we now, 2 weeks later, with 4 games left?
20 wins (9-7): 53%
21 wins (10-6): 30%
19 wins (8-8): 11%
22 wins (11-5): 5%
18 wins (7-11): <1%
So in other words, we have a greater than 99% chance that TKyle will be surprised, maybe even shocked and a greater than 88% chance that what there was not a chance in the world could happen 2 weeks ago will, in fact, happen.
In fairness to Kyle...
I, too, wasn’t optimistic.
Additionally, in situations like these, I will be glad when I am proven wrong; for being right is no fun at all.
Also, save your bows until after we beat LSU and South Carolina…I am not rooting for a loss and think we should win both games; however, I have also seen us almost blow a huge lead to South Carolina and put away a bad Auburn team in OT. Thus, I am still somewhat nervous!
I am a fan of the Dawgs, Falcons, and Braves...oh...and tacos, but I like the other three more.
For the benefit of anyone who hasn't seen it, . . .
. . . Aaron Murray expressed his gratitude on Twitter for all the prayers and good wishes, and he assured everyone that he had suffered only a minor sprain.
Go 'Dawgs!
It's not whether or win or lose...
… it’s how close you got before you lost the game.
(At least, that appeared to be the Dawgs’ attitude in 2010.)
by vineyarddawg on Feb 22, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
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