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Re: confession: roots

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, May 7, 2001, 5:18
Muke Tever wrote:
> And there's a question for the list, which I forgot if I've asked already. Is > there a simple active verb in English meaning 'to be born' ?
Not that I know of, but I have heard constructions like "borning cry" to mean "a child's first cry after being born", essentially treating "born" as an active verb, but I don't know if that's an exception or a preservation of an archaic verb. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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