> honoring the rule in the breach The other day, I found out we're now using that figure of speech against the intent of the original phrase: a custom best ign

> honoring the rule in the breach The other day, I found out we're now using that figure of speech against the intent of the original phrase: a custom best ignored, e.g. http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/mangled-shakespeare/ http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/mangled-sh... In this case, I like the modern take, because it provides us with words for a real phenomenon. I dislike some other modern takes, such as the literal "beg the question", that deprive us of precise meaning (petitio principii, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question ).