DEAR ABBY: I'm writing in response to the letter from Charles F. Yarham, who wrote about his pet peeve. The last line of his poem was, "Is when a kid is called a 'sibling.'"
The useful term "sibling" never gets me riled,
It's a sister or a brother, whether adult or child.
But what gets MY "goat" (and always did),
Is when a human child is called a "kid"!
-- MAGGIE RITCHEY, LOS ANGELES
P.S. Actually, Abby, the above is a fib. I quite often use the term "kid" inappropriately, but I couldn't resist!
DEAR MAGGIE:
'Tis a pity
Chuck Yarham's ditty
Within contained
The very thing his verse disdained.