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

[Robert Skinner]

Perhaps...  I remain a bit skeptical.
But he certainly rose to de bate.

/Robert
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Slim wrote:
> 
> 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...