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From: Mark Murray on 18 Jun 2010 15:09 On 18/06/2010 20:08, Mark Murray wrote: > Thanks for the correction. I haven't been grammar/spelling-lamed in a > while, and was feeling the withdrawal symptoms, so YA "thanks"! Make that "flamed" :-] M -- Mark "No Nickname" Murray Notable nebbish, extreme generalist.
From: Jesse F. Hughes on 18 Jun 2010 15:28 Mark Murray <w.h.oami(a)example.com> writes: > On 18/06/2010 19:28, Achava Nakhash, the Loving Snake wrote: >> Hey, wormbreath!. That should be 'bated breath, as in abated. This >> etymology is for some reason not well known even among us native >> speakers of English. > > Thanks for the correction. I haven't been grammar/spelling-lamed in a > while, and was feeling the withdrawal symptoms, so YA "thanks"! I wouldn't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that "wormbreath" was just a harmless play on words. And anyway, he's right. I didn't know the etymology of the phrase either (though I *think* I knew how to spell it). -- Jesse F. Hughes "They don't want a choice, they want something other than Windows." -- billwg explains that refusing Windows isn't a choice.
From: Arturo Magidin on 18 Jun 2010 15:37 On Jun 18, 2:28 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > Mark Murray <w.h.o...(a)example.com> writes: > > On 18/06/2010 19:28, Achava Nakhash, the Loving Snake wrote: > >> Hey, wormbreath!. That should be 'bated breath, as in abated. This > >> etymology is for some reason not well known even among us native > >> speakers of English. > > > Thanks for the correction. I haven't been grammar/spelling-lamed in a > > while, and was feeling the withdrawal symptoms, so YA "thanks"! > > I wouldn't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that "wormbreath" was > just a harmless play on words. Presumably, that if you breath is "baited", then there are some worms in there (you know, bait)... -- Arturo Magidin
From: Mark Murray on 18 Jun 2010 15:50
On 18/06/2010 20:28, Jesse F. Hughes wrote: > Mark Murray<w.h.oami(a)example.com> writes: > >> On 18/06/2010 19:28, Achava Nakhash, the Loving Snake wrote: >>> Hey, wormbreath!. That should be 'bated breath, as in abated. This >>> etymology is for some reason not well known even among us native >>> speakers of English. >> >> Thanks for the correction. I haven't been grammar/spelling-lamed in a >> while, and was feeling the withdrawal symptoms, so YA "thanks"! > > I wouldn't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that "wormbreath" was > just a harmless play on words. I didn't :-), but I guess I was a bit dry. I'm not offended at all, and maybe I should have made that more obvious. > And anyway, he's right. I didn't know the etymology of the phrase > either (though I *think* I knew how to spell it). I had no idea of either the etymology or the correct spelling. I learnt something new! M -- Mark "No Nickname" Murray Notable nebbish, extreme generalist. |