Guest  +  2880 Tue, 29 Jul 03 08:38 PM Is "birthed" an actual word? Guest

	Woodward  +  2884 Tue, 29 Jul 03 08:44 PM No, not to my knowledge. Maybe they are trying to say 'Born' Woodward Joined on Tue, Jun 24 2003 A New Zealander in Chile Senior Member 2,788 Don't let schooling interfere with your education. www.grammar.cl - www.vocabulary.cl

	hitchhiker  +  2885 Tue, 29 Jul 03 08:46 PM It might have been used in the middle ages, but that's just a guess on my part. hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 3,551 "They obstinately persisted in their absence." —HGTG

	Woodward  +  2886 Tue, 29 Jul 03 08:52 PM I've just discovered that sometimes in the Southern U.S. they say: birthed, birthing (tr.verb) though it sounds terrible to me! Woodward Verbs

	Philip  +  461174 Sun, 06 Jan 08 03:48 PM  Guest wrote: Is "birthed" an actual word?   It is, indeed. American Heritage lists it as a transitive verb.  Without the verb, we wouldn't have one of the most famous lines from "Gone With the Wind", where Hattie McDaniel says, "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies, Miss Scarlet". Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 USA Pacific Northwest (Seattle) Veteran Member 7,636 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Verbs

	khoff  +  461309 Mon, 07 Jan 08 03:03 AM Philip, you've got the right quote but the wrong actress/character.  Hattie McDaniel played Mammy, who probably knew plenty 'bout birthin' babies and was unlikely to become helpless in an emergency. The line you quoted was spoken by Prissy, played by Butterfly McQueen. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Denver, Colorado, USA, Earth Senior Member 2,761 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)