http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicEnglishVocabularyQuestions/Forum44.htmFor Basic English ONLY. Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3598.39794)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/2/jqh/Post.htm#683200Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:21:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:683200Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/2/jqh/Post.htm#683200http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-683200.xmlYes. Check the dictionary. Birth is a transitive verb meaning &quot;to bring forth.&quot; Birthed means &quot;brought forth.&quot; Thus, you can say, &quot;He birthed the idea&quot; which would mean &quot;He brought forth the idea.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/2/jqh/Post.htm#461351Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:461351Philip1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/2/jqh/Post.htm#461351http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-461351.xmlKhoff wrote: 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. Glad you caught that! I used IMDb to get the info but got the wrong name. It has been a while since I saw the movie (when it first came out, indeed).http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#461309Fri, 08 May 2009 09:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:461309khoff2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#461309http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-461309.xmlPhilip, 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#461174Fri, 08 May 2009 09:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:461174Philip3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#461174http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-461174.xmlGuest 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".http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#460390Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:460390Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#460390http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-460390.xmlSpotted again today on Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/01/04/1246246.shtml The idea, which was birthed at Microsoft Researchhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#339639Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:339639Himmelsstuermer5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#339639http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-339639.xmlI can't "birthed". Myself is known among born.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#165452Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:165452YoHf6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#165452http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-165452.xmlIt's unlikely to be used in the UK...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2886Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:2886Woodward7http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2886http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-2886.xmlI've just discovered that sometimes in the Southern U.S. they say: birthed, birthing (tr.verb) though it sounds terrible to me!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2885Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:2885hitchhiker8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2885http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-2885.xmlIt might have been used in the middle ages, but that's just a guess on my part.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2884Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:2884Woodward9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htm#2884http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-2884.xmlNo, not to my knowledge. Maybe they are trying to say 'Born'http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htmFri, 08 May 2009 09:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:2880Guest10http://www.englishforums.com/English/Birthed/jqh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-2880.xmlIs "birthed" an actual word?