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

I have known a few young Peter's but I have run into a disgusting number of
Dick's.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:40 PM
Subject: 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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