[Bards] Eisteddfod

John Hirling jhirling at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 09:05:42 PDT 2009


Yep.  My bad.  I read it misspelled.

~ihon


"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass . . .
it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"

Unknown (but I wish it had been me)


On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> 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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