[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That's intriguing since the use of the word parent as a verb makes
absolutely perfect sense.  I've heard it used many times.  Why NOT use a
word -- if the meaning is unambiguous?

If the term is difficult to understand for some reason, that's a horse of a
different color, but why be bothered by word usage that is transparently
obvious?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Louise Laughton <llaug at twcny.rr.com>
wrote:

> "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
>
>