|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Grammar and Linguistics > masculine form of the word "midwife"
masculine form of the word "midwife"
|
ELOJOLIE274
|
masculine form of the word "midwife"
|
hiya everyone!
i know the word "housewife" becomes "house-husband" if applied to a man...
but what about "midwife"??? i can �t seem to find the proper word to talk about "a male midwife"...
if any native speaker could help me out, I would appreciate your insights ;)
have a great week-end!!!
Elodie
|
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
|
blunderbuster
|
Hi,
I don �t think there is a word for it.
Regards
|
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
|
|
imelda
|
|
hi...i watch a show called private practice and there is a character who is male midwife and he referred to himself as a midwife...so i guess that it is for both males and females...:) |
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
ELOJOLIE274
|
well thanks a lot ;)
i assumed there was another word that i didn �t know... since so many words appeared (like policewoman, firewoman...) i thought that the term midwife no longer applied to man!!! i �ll go to bed tonight with that question answered, so thanks!!!
|
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
Laly59
|
|
Hi from La Palma, I was consulting the word "midwife" through my dictionary and I could check that is the same word for male and female. I hope help you. |
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
almaz
|
|
Elodie,
My wife is a former midwife and her male colleagues were always referred to as �male midwives �, since some women preferred to have �female midwives � - although they rarely expressed a gender preference when it came to intervention by a doctor. Another form of prejudice, I guess.
|
30 Apr 2010
|
|
|
