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To: papertyger

Why have we verbed the noun “parent”?

“Bringing up” (or training up) was the old terminology. And better. Because it reminded of the direction in which the action should lead. UP. Not DOWN.


129 posted on 03/18/2014 12:35:35 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Why have we verbed the noun “parent”?

Because it's neutral, and claiming to "raise up" a child prior to judging the evidence is rank vanity.

134 posted on 03/18/2014 12:51:18 PM PDT by papertyger (if disdain of homosexual behavior is "bigotry," is it any wonder hostility to Islam is "racism?")
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