[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

Louise Laughton llaug at twcny.rr.com
Sun Dec 21 16:08:02 UTC 2014


"Parent" as a verb still bothers me, even though the noun-verb "mother," as in "Don't try to mother me," has ben around a long time. I've never heard "father" used as a verb, only "mother."


On Dec 20, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:

From: ME Michaud

> A friend recently told me she was going to Sabbath.
> She was using it as a verb.
> -M (for mystified)

English may not have much in the way of gender, but at least we can verb anything.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie 



More information about the Magdalen mailing list