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Pedants' corner

Birthing. To birth. blerg

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Habbibu · 30/05/2008 10:31

Have decided I don't like this. (word, not activity, though that did hurt...) Now, I'm not technically a pedant, being a descriptive linguist by training, and any noun can be verbed, but I just don't like this at all. Much prefer "give birth". Who's with me?

OP posts:
asicsgirl · 30/05/2008 13:31

p.s. how can you not love 'to party' after this

Habbibu · 30/05/2008 14:12

Am an ex-linguist, asics - PhD was on late-medieval language and literacy. Long time ago...

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asicsgirl · 30/05/2008 19:08

i'm into bilingualism meself...

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