Hello Emanuel genealogy buffs: If you can shed some light on this figure of speech, please send me an email. I'm wondering if I could have learned it growing up in Emanuel County. It's off-topic, so it probably shouldn't become a matter of discussion for the list. In an email to a couple of friends, I used this figure of speech: "I had had my bait of that job, so...." Meaning I was fed up with the job. I thought to have one's bait means to eat too much of something, to the point that it's about to make you sick. Both of my friends questioned me about "having my bait". Where did I pick up that figure of speech? Etc. I told them I thought I learned it from the older generation growing up in Emanuel County, Georgia. -- Hugh Lawson [email protected]
I've heard that all my life, Hugh. Like you wrote, it means fed up with or having enough of. You can "get your bait" of a person or a situation. Olivia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Lawson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:20 AM Subject: [GAEMANUE] Off-topic question about speech > Hello Emanuel genealogy buffs: > > If you can shed some light on this figure of speech, please send me an > email. I'm wondering if I could have learned it growing up in Emanuel > County. It's off-topic, so it probably shouldn't become a matter of > discussion for the list. > > In an email to a couple of friends, I used this figure of speech: > > "I had had my bait of that job, so...." > > Meaning I was fed up with the job. I thought to have one's bait means > to eat too much of something, to the point that it's about to make > you sick. > > Both of my friends questioned me about "having my bait". Where did I > pick up that figure of speech? Etc. I told them I thought I learned it > from the older generation growing up in Emanuel County, Georgia. > > > > -- > Hugh Lawson > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >