For the record it's "berth" not "birth"

[REALLY]

Birth-

–noun 1. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
2. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth.
3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.
4. high or noble lineage: to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
5. natural heritage: a musician by birth.
6. any coming into existence; origin; beginning: the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.
7. Archaic. something that is born.

–verb (used with object) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. 8. to give birth to.
9. to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.

—Idiom
10. give birth to, a. to bear (a child).
b. to initiate; originate: Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.



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Origin:
1150–1200; ME byrthe < Scand; cf. OSw byrth; c. OE gebyrd, OHG giburt, Goth gabaurths


Synonyms:
3. parentage, ancestry, line, blood, family, race. 6. start, commencement, inception, genesis; launching, inauguration

Berth-

–noun 1. a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
2. Nautical. a. the space allotted to a vessel at anchor or at a wharf.
b. the distance maintained between a vessel and the shore, another vessel, or any object.
c. the position or rank of a ship's officer.
d. the cabin of a ship's officer.

3. a job; position.
4. a place, listing, or role: She clinched a berth on our tennis team.

–verb (used with object) 5. Nautical. a. to allot to (a vessel) a certain space at which to anchor or tie up.
b. to bring to or install in a berth, anchorage, or moorage: The captain had to berth the ship without the aid of tugboats.

6. to provide with a sleeping space, as on a train.

–verb (used without object) 7. Nautical. to come to a dock, anchorage, or moorage.

—Idiom
8. give a wide berth to, to shun; remain discreetly away from: Since his riding accident, he has given a wide berth to skittish horses.


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Origin:
1615–25; prob. bear 1 + -th 1


Synonyms:
4. spot, slot, position, post, niche, appointment.

[DonnieS]

You might want to throw in some pictures as well.

[spungebob]

who care's. it's not english class. you know what they mean.

[DonnieS]

who care's. it's not english class. you know what they mean.

Uh yea, who care's. As long as everyone gets there births.

[hs dad]

:oops: Birth-

–noun 1. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
2. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth.
3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.
4. high or noble lineage: to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
5. natural heritage: a musician by birth.
6. any coming into existence; origin; beginning: the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.
7. Archaic. something that is born.

–verb (used with object) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. 8. to give birth to.
9. to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.

—Idiom
10. give birth to, a. to bear (a child).
b. to initiate; originate: Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.



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Origin:
1150–1200; ME byrthe < Scand; cf. OSw byrth; c. OE gebyrd, OHG giburt, Goth gabaurths


Synonyms:
3. parentage, ancestry, line, blood, family, race. 6. start, commencement, inception, genesis; launching, inauguration

Berth-

–noun 1. a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
2. Nautical. a. the space allotted to a vessel at anchor or at a wharf.
b. the distance maintained between a vessel and the shore, another vessel, or any object.
c. the position or rank of a ship's officer.
d. the cabin of a ship's officer.

3. a job; position.
4. a place, listing, or role: She clinched a berth on our tennis team.

–verb (used with object) 5. Nautical. a. to allot to (a vessel) a certain space at which to anchor or tie up.
b. to bring to or install in a berth, anchorage, or moorage: The captain had to berth the ship without the aid of tugboats.

6. to provide with a sleeping space, as on a train.

–verb (used without object) 7. Nautical. to come to a dock, anchorage, or moorage.

—Idiom
8. give a wide berth to, to shun; remain discreetly away from: Since his riding accident, he has given a wide berth to skittish horses.


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Origin:
1615–25; prob. bear 1 + -th 1


Synonyms:
4. spot, slot, position, post, niche, appointment.

Are you serious?
I think we we have the Bracketologist of spelling here.

[Sam]

REALLY is attempting to enhance the board's awareness that misinterpretation of the simple differences between the words birth and berth is a rather ignorant mistake, made many times here.

One could make a case that a parent who watched their DD's team qualify for ASA Nationals actually witnessed the berth of their child.

A team, on the other hand, cannot earn a birth....without consummating a sexual relationship with the opposite sex or arranging for non-traditional conception procedures.

Just use the correct words...its pretty easy if you have even half of a brain.

[SkinnyFats]

I've found that on any sort of sports message board, a post describing the difference between lose and loose is almost always appropriate, and often needed.

Maybe the OP can attack that one next.

[Wooahhhh]

I'd loose that idea SkinnyFats. Way to lose of an idea.

[softball_parent]

How about their and there as long as we are pointing out grammatical errors

[GIMNEPIWO]

This may splain why I mist my 3rd DD being borned ....