Jul 15, 2010 12:58
Bare with me - Seriously, you want me to get naked with you? Because that's what you're asking.
Bare means 'to bare' as in to make naked, or to show - to bare your soul is to strip it down and/or to show it to someone else.
The phrase is bear with me as in 'bear something with me'. Bear, as in helping to carry, support, endure. Every time I see 'bare with me' I always want to reply - 'nope, it's way too cold at the moment'.
I sometimes wish that document producers were better at spotting grammatical issues.