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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Just in case you missed this:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=226&15 It's not up as of 8:00am EST, but I'm waiting with baited breath. Didn't think we'd ever know the answer to that one.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
How could we miss it? Kaufmann announced a couple of months ago that the revelation was coming.
But I'm sure the boards are gonna light up very soon. What's your gut feeling? |
LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2011-08-10 08:15, landmark wrote: Thomas Rockwell lives!!
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
It's out in the digital version, and it's a fascinating--and very convincing--article about the true identity of S.W. Erdnase.
Spoiler alert: David Alexander was right.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Makes sense.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2011-08-10 10:06, LobowolfXXX wrote: Just so you guys know, this was EXTREMELY funny.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
You gotta explain this one to me.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Regarding the OP, I imagine you were waiting with bated, not baited breath.
Thomas Rockwell was the author of the children's classic, "How to Eat Fried Worms."
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
Salguod Nairb Room 101 0 Posts |
If you were to eat worms then wouldn't you have baited breath?
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness...
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2011-08-11 14:11, Salguod Nairb wrote: POINT!
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2011-08-11 14:07, LobowolfXXX wrote: Nice catch. I never knew that it wasn't baited. But here's my dog ate the homework excuse: Quote:
The correct spelling is actually bated breath but it’s so common these days to see it written as baited breath that there’s every chance that it will soon become the usual form, to the disgust of conservative speakers and the confusion of dictionary writers. Examples in newspapers and magazines are legion; this one appeared in the Daily Mirror on 12 April 2003: “She hasn’t responded yet but Michael is waiting with baited breath”. The correct spelling gives the original metaphor, and thus a very particular usage. I wouldn't be surprised if the usage now, even when spelled correctly, also implies that the speaker is so eager for the event that s/he baits his or her breath to attract it.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
I see "whinge" so much lately and it wasn't until earlier this week I finally looked it up and discovered it was, in fact the British spelling of "whine". Guess I should stop being annoyed by it whenever I see it.
I still find no excuse for "theif", though. "I" before "E" people!
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
I just had a flash of a Monkees episode where some gypsies accused Peter of being a thief.
Gypsy woman: "You can tell he's a thief, it's written all over his face." (Close up of Peter's face with "theif" written across the forehead.) Gypsy woman: "He's a good thief, but a lousy speller."
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2011-08-11 17:32, EsnRedshirt wrote: So are we supposed to pronounce "whinge" the same as "whine"? Until the Internet, I had never seen whinge before, and I've always pronounced it (in my head) as written. Curious that it should have been picked up by Americans. Usually words go in the other direction. I can only think of a couple of British terms that have migrated to the States. One of them, "shagging", I figure comes from the Austin Powers movie. In general, however, we Americans just don't speak British. |
Vincero Veteran user New Zealand 379 Posts |
You pronounce it as written. Whinge means the same as whine, but you definately pronounce them differently.
"Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep
Still threat'ning to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav'n" -John Milton, (Paradise Lost) |
stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Thanks. So it's not just a different spelling.
It's still odd that it somehow has caught on in the States. Cool! But odd. |
critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2011-08-12 07:55, stoneunhinged wrote: I blame PBS.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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