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um, "free rein".
16 1 ReplyNo, no, he had it right the first time: the sorts of people who want to look in your windows really do want to reign, like an autocrat.
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(I'm just riffing off your comment to make a point. I don't actually think the person was that clever and agree it was a typo.)
12 0 ReplyI thought it was "free reign" but reign as in the way you reign a horse -- you give your horse "free reign" to do as it wishes.
EDIT : huh. Turns out I am right, but you "rein" a horse not "reign". Derp!
6 2 ReplyThat's still rein.
12 0 Reply(grin) Yeah -- I realised that after I wrote it.
As unbelievable as it sounds I had only ever heard it said -- I'd never seen it written down. (Or if I have I don't remember seeing it written down -- must have been twenty, thirty years ago.) I am not a horse person, so I don't deal with vocab relating to horses all that often.
Just one of those things I guess.
3 1 ReplyDon't be too hard on yourself. English spelling is not exactly cooperative.
4 0 ReplyIsn't it ironic, don't you think?
3 0 ReplyA little too ironic, and yeah I really do think.
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I thought it was free rain, like the water falling from the sky.
7 0 ReplyNah, you gotta pay for that.
5 0 ReplyIf nestle ruled the world they'd make it so
2 0 ReplyAlready illegal in certain jurisdictions to collect rainwater on your own property (with a goal of protecting aquifers IIRC)!
Looking into it, perhaps 15 states regulate it but I’m not sure any have outright bans anymore - plenty of states encourage it.
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