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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009"bread" as a verb
Ladies and Gentlemen: I know that "bread" has a verbal use after a look-up in the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary, but I fail to contextualized the situation. ----------------------------- Too many books in this genre [of writing] have little to say that hasn't already been said a thousand times, and they're just too hyper- focused on mistakes, a focus which has a way of inculcating a sort of paranoia amongst writers who follow the one-size-fits-all dictums too rigidly. Imagine the way a runner might tip-toe through a minefield. That's the kind of writing these other books bread. ------------------------------ Quoted from a customer review on Amazon.com, the first one by Daniel Roth. http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Dictionary-English-Usage-Merriam-Webster/ dp/0877791325 or http://tinyurl.com/lvm6ju What does the "bread" mean here? Would it be a typo? Or is it of a slang use? Sincerely, Tacia > Ladies and Gentlemen: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Would it be a typo? > Or is it of a slang use? Typo for "bred" or for "breed" would be my guess.  SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) >> Ladies and Gentlemen: >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Typo for "bred" or for "breed" would be my guess. I didn't think about "breed". That would fit too. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida tony wrote on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:59:36 -0400: >>> Ladies and Gentlemen: >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Typo for "bred" or for "breed" would be my guess. > I didn't think about "breed". That would fit too. Without going to the dictionaries, cooks have a regular verb "to bread", meaning to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking. SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not > tony wrote on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:59:36 -0400: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Without going to the dictionaries, cooks have a regular verb "to bread", > meaning to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking. Right. I think we were assuming that Tacia was aware of that after a trip to the dictionary but realized that it didn't make sense in the context of the passage quoted. SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) >Ladies and Gentlemen: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Would it be a typo? >Or is it of a slang use? A typo or a careless mistake for the word "bred". He's saying that the other books have started (bred) a type of writing. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida [snip] > A typo or a careless mistake for the word "bred". He's saying that > the other books have started (bred) a type of writing. Thank you. |
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