bath vs. bathe

[Beverly Flanigan]

Good for your mother-in-law!  And what's this about "confusion"?  Surely
Abigail knows what her roommate means?

At 06:39 AM 8/23/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>My mother-in-law, born and raised in Utah, uses "bath"
>for "bathe" - she's the only person I've ever heard do
>  this, and she does not like to be "corrected".
>
>
>
>--- abigail adams <abigailadams51 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > In the past I had a roommate from Hazard Ky
> > (Southastern KY). When she wanted to get into the
> > shower she would say "I need to bath" - I had always
> > said and heard "I need to bathe" and "I need to take
> > a bath"
> >
> > I recently met another person from this same area
> > and she said the same thing. Has anyone heard this
> > confusion before - maybe in other regions?
> >
> >
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