[Bards] Eisteddfod

Jay Rudin rudin at peoplepc.com
Thu Oct 22 08:05:17 PDT 2009


Ihon responded to somebody (Lucas?):

>> I will wait with bated breath.  :)

>Ah . . . the scent of worms and rotting chicken livers

No, he actually spelled it correctly, which most people don't.  (Good for him!)  "Baited breath" is the scent of worms and rotting chicken livers, and is incorrect.  "Bated breath" is holding your breath, and is the correct idiom.

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin

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