| Thursday, June 21, 2001 |
 | Dear all,
Look, I love that you are all so clever. I love that you are articulate and possessed of tremendous lexicographical facility. And I love that technology has provided a platform for the sharing of those gifts.
Conversely, I realise that I am very dim, and my typing skills leave much to be desired. However, from this position of avowed inferiority, could I possibly make two tiny observations?
One reins in a desire. One reigns in a monarchy. Reins. Things used to control horses. Metaphorical usage. See Plato's Phaedrus.
And - indulge an old man - baited breath is breath with a worm stuck on the end. Bated breath, on the other hand, uses an archaic form of abated. Breath which is being stopped, or held. In anticipation.
Now, obviously, dyslexic old me is not suggesting for a moment that anybody should allow their self-expression to be circumscribed by such bagatelles as accepted usage. A straitjacket on creation! However, there is nothing that makes one look quite so silly as fluffing the three-point shot.
Thank you for your time.
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