Re: Re[4]: [tied] Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

That's still quite a dip. I guess Dick had the added
onus of association with Nixon. I've never met anyone
under fifty with that nickname

--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 3:49:57 PM on Thursday, February 7, 2008, Rick
> McCallister wrote:
>
> > Really? How many young mengo by Dick and Peter
> these days?
>
> I don't know how many of them use the full form, but
> <Peter>
> is the 145th most common masculine name for U.S.
> children
> born in the 2000s (through February 2007), with
> 19,491
> instances. It's true that it's in decline, but it's
> hardly
> rare:
>
> 1990s: 89th; 42,313 instances
> 1980s: 61st; 56,542 instances
> 1970s: 55th; 62,239 instances
>
> Brian
>
>
>

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