Re: USAGE: 'born'
| From: | Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 8, 2001, 21:15 |
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On Tue, 8 May 2001 Muke Tever wrote:
> Again I am reminded of bits of the 'sales pitch' for Láadan.
> :) ["English has no word whatsoever for what a woman
> does during intercourse" mutates into "...no word
> whatsoever for what a baby does during childbirth..."]
And what does a baby do during childbirth -- other than
get expelled from the womb along with the afterbirth?
So let's vote: All in favor of giving afterbirths an active verb
for what they do during childbirth, say "Aye!" --Tommie
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