Rain: precipitation.
Reign: rule.
Rayne: video game character.
Rein: a leather strap for controlling horses.
The expressions "free rein" and "rein in" both use that last one. Santa likes to give his reindeer free rein, but sometimes he has to rein them in.
Just FYI...
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 Sep 18 2006, 8:08 am
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Sep 18 2006, 10:42 am
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ZeroCrash
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There is also Rein. As in Volte.
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Bah, ZeroCrash beat me to it.
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yeah i was gonna say that hours before both of you turned up >=|
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The reign in Spain falls mainly on the pleign.
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Get with the times, Gug. Et al rarely appears out of crosword clues nowadays.
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Homophone errors bug me too. I'm homophonophobic!
As for "et al.", literally meaning "and others", it's one of my favourite expressions. ;-) | |
Gads, the rein/reign thing drives me frickin' nuts. I can't believe how often I see "free reign", which I think comes from people thinking the expression means to rule freely rather than being about horses.
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