Honey, start by calling yourself nerdy, not geeky.
Be trendy and say you are Otaku instead. A non-nerd won’t know what you’re talking about until it’s too late…
Thank you, Ken, for showing me it’s “bated” breath, not “baited” breath – and in exploring the spelling I got to learn a bit more about Shakespeare…
Every time I see someone say “baited breath” or “tow the line” it just makes me shutter. ;-)
I think you mean that you shutter (or perhaps, shudder) every time you SEE those phrases in print - if you just hear them, you’ll never notice the difference. ;)
March 20, 2015
pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago
Honey, start by calling yourself nerdy, not geeky.
Enoki over 10 years ago
Be trendy and say you are Otaku instead. A non-nerd won’t know what you’re talking about until it’s too late…
Solaricious Premium Member over 10 years ago
Thank you, Ken, for showing me it’s “bated” breath, not “baited” breath – and in exploring the spelling I got to learn a bit more about Shakespeare…
Midgardsormr over 10 years ago
Every time I see someone say “baited breath” or “tow the line” it just makes me shutter. ;-)
Malcolm Hall over 10 years ago
I think you mean that you shutter (or perhaps, shudder) every time you SEE those phrases in print - if you just hear them, you’ll never notice the difference. ;)