Talk:have a bath
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Sum of parts. Thryduulf 18:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Delete DCDuring TALK 19:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
See my comment above s.v. #have a bathe.—msh210℠ 17:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep, this doesn't mean "own a bath". "bath" doesn't even have a verb entry at this time, quite rightly IMO. Kappa 08:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
- ?? If you'll take a quick look at google books:have, you'll notice that (deprecated template usage) have usually doesn't mean "own". Even if you restrict it to google books:"have a", not one of the top ten hits means "own". Also, you seem to believe that in the phrase "have a bath", (deprecated template usage) bath is a verb? If so, then that belief is mistaken; if not, then sorry, but I don't understand what you're trying to say. —RuakhTALK 14:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
- I've just added the verb sense to (deprecated template usage) bath, supported by three citations spanning 17 years. Thryduulf 10:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep per fancy dress test. Sounds awkward to Americans. DAVilla 05:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Kept - certainly is awkward and idiomatic to Americans. A bit like have a laugh sounds awkward to Americans too. --Jackofclubs 12:09, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
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To wash oneself in a bath; to bath
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SOP. All 6 senses of bath can take this form:
- have (“to undertake or perform”) + a bath (“an act of bathing”) I have a bath every day.
- have (“to consume or use up”) + a bath (“a body of liquid one bathes in”) He was having so many baths that it became expensive.
- have (“to possess or own”) + a bath (“a tub or pool which is used for bathing”) I have a bath in my house.
- have (“to possess or own”) + a bath (“a building or area where bathing occurs”) The complex has baths round the back.
- have (“to possess or own”) + a bath (“clipping of bathroom”) The property has 5 beds and 2 baths.
- have (“to possess or own”) + a bath (“a substance or preparation in which something is immersed”) Do we have a bath to submerge it in?
Theknightwho (talk) 01:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Make sure it's listed in Appendix:DoHaveMakeTake and then hard-redirect to the bare noun.—msh210℠ (talk) 10:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. - -sche (discuss) 08:35, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Redirected to bath per msh. - -sche (discuss) 21:47, 5 October 2022 (UTC)