bath vs. bathe

Mark A Mandel mam at THEWORLD.COM
Sat Aug 24 13:13:54 UTC 2002


On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Margaret Lee wrote:

#I grew up in Southeastern VA saying, "I need to TAKE a bath." My
#relatives in DC and New York say, "I need to GET a bath."

I grew up in NYC in the fifties & sixties, and I don't remember "get a
bath"; it sounds odd to me.

-- Mark A. Mandel



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