With my daughter’s birthday this week, this seemed like an appropriate pair of similar but unrelated words.<\/p>\n
birth<\/span><\/strong> (noun): a new start, especially relating to a baby leaving its mother’s body berth<\/span><\/strong> (noun): a space for a ship or large vehicle to be tied up or parked; a sleeping space in a boat; a job (usually on a ship); space in which to turn or manoeuvre a ship There are two ways to remember which birth is which. The first is to think of the se<\/strong>a in relation to the ship’s be<\/strong>rth. However, the more fun option is to think of the i in birth as a candle on the-all-important birthday cake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With my daughter’s birthday this week, this seemed like an appropriate pair of similar but unrelated words. birth (noun): a new start, especially relating to a baby leaving its mother’s body My youngest child’s birth was quicker than my earlier experiences. berth (noun): a space for a ship or large vehicle to be tied up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[1165,1164,297],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-berth","tag-birth","tag-definition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nMy youngest child’s birth was quicker than my earlier experiences.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe Captain skilfully brought the ship into its berth.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n