[Rhodes22-list] Musings from the Marina OR Entry for theWorstnon-fiction writing award

[Slim]

Robert,

What Bill was pointing out was the apostrophe before the word indicating
it's a contraction of the word abated or 'bated, and not that the word's
origin is American but that in American English that's how we'd spell it.  I
doubt he missed your intended bait.

Slim

On 2/13/07 11:55 AM, "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

> Bill,  
> 
> Of course "bated" is the correct spelling.  And the
> origin is not American.  From the link that I
> provided:  "Shakespeare is the first writer known to
> use it, in The Merchant of Venice"
> 
> 1.  You don't get the joke.
> 
> 2.  You don't get the joke.
> 
> 3.  You don't get the joke.
> 
> The bait in this case is the offer of more musings
> from our esteemed elle -- and good bait it is!
> 
> You might note, if you were not correcting from the
> hip, that I included a reference describing the
> origins and correct usage of the term "bated".
> I figured that anyone who noted the acknowledged
> odd spelling would get the hint.
> 
> Really, man, you are in no position to critique
> until you have groked the fullness of a message.
> And maybe not even then.
> 
> Please be more respectful in the future.
> 
> Thank you,
> /Robert
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
> --------------------------------------------------
> Bill Effros wrote:
>> 
>> I believe the correct American spelling is 'bated, making more clear
>> what is intended.
>> 
>> Bill Effros
>> 
>> Robert Skinner wrote:
>>> We await with baited [yeah, I meant to spell
>>> it that way] breath.
>>> 
>>> /Robert
>>> http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> elle wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dan,
>>>> The 'Musings' are a function of the boredom factor...
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