Ah ha! 3 clues in one sentence: Anon is an American male at least middle aged. We'll catch the bastard yet ... Being a middle aged male I don't want to incriminate myself, but in NZ we "bathe in the bath" too, however, I'm pretty sure Brits "bath in a bath" and "bathe in a pool".
EDIT, sorry Mr. Dome, you must have posted while I was typing.
I always thought that one bathed a baby and bathed oneself. Oh, wait - they both get spelled the same, don't they? OK, one baths a baby and bathes oneself.
I'll admit to being the anonymous poster in the first comment. Well done James, you are correct on all three counts, I am an American male, past middle age. It never occurred to me that there would be cultural differences in the spelling of that word. So I did something I don't usually do, and try to correct someone's spelling (in what I thought was a humorous way). If that makes me a "bastard" I sincerely apologize (hoping that comment was said at least partly tongue-in-cheek). That said, I found the thread of comments fascinating. I had no idea. Thank you Mr. Dome for setting me straight, and thank you to all the others for the discussion.
Totally tongue in cheek Willie, and here in NZ "bastard" is more like a term of endearment. "We've knocked the bastard off" (Ed Hillary) "He's a good bastard" etc. Anyway, I too found your original comment funny, but like Mr. Dome I'm less likely to vote for Anon. I will now you've claimed it.
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When I was a young man "bathe" had an 'e' at the end.
7:27pm
It still does have an e at the end but bath is also correct. Bath can be a verb as well as a noun.
8:20pm
Ah ha! 3 clues in one sentence: Anon is an American male at least middle aged. We'll catch the bastard yet ... Being a middle aged male I don't want to incriminate myself, but in NZ we "bathe in the bath" too, however, I'm pretty sure Brits "bath in a bath" and "bathe in a pool".
EDIT, sorry Mr. Dome, you must have posted while I was typing.
8:21pm
I've always said 'bath' and thought it might be a northern thing. Would be interested to know what southerners say, 'bathe' or 'barth'?
8:46pm
I always thought that one bathed a baby and bathed oneself. Oh, wait - they both get spelled the same, don't they? OK, one baths a baby and bathes oneself.
9:03pm
Or spelt...
10:08pm
In the east end we said Barf
In Stepney we pronounced it 'Barf'.
12:08am
Tha's cus Londoners down't speek inglish. 😀
1:44pm
I'll admit to being the anonymous poster in the first comment.
Well done James, you are correct on all three counts, I am an American male, past middle age. It never occurred to me that there would be cultural differences in the spelling of that word. So I did something I don't usually do, and try to correct someone's spelling (in what I thought was a humorous way). If that makes me a "bastard" I sincerely apologize (hoping that comment was said at least partly tongue-in-cheek).
That said, I found the thread of comments fascinating. I had no idea. Thank you Mr. Dome for setting me straight, and thank you to all the others for the discussion.
12:23pm
Funny Mr Johnson and nice that you revealed yourself, so to speak. I did take it as humorous, but I never vote for anon comments...
6:01pm
Totally tongue in cheek Willie, and here in NZ "bastard" is more like a term of endearment. "We've knocked the bastard off" (Ed Hillary) "He's a good bastard" etc. Anyway, I too found your original comment funny, but like Mr. Dome I'm less likely to vote for Anon. I will now you've claimed it.
7:30pm