Pregnant in Heels
Ronald Butters
ronbutters at AOL.COM
Fri Apr 22 21:10:52 UTC 2011
John looks disappointed to hear that they don't like names that begin with "J".
I suggest ""Otto" and "Anna" s names that even these twits could find easy to spell, given a little practice.
On Apr 22, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 10:53 AM -0400 4/22/11, aallan at AOL.COM wrote:
>> Linguistics expert John Baugh offers advice on naming, in the new TV
>> show "Pregnant in Heels": http://ny.racked.com/tags/john-baugh
>> - Allan Metcalf
>>
>>
>>
> A bit disappointing. We just learn the constraints, arbitrary as
> they may be, and all Baugh gets to say is that he's a linguistic
> expert. I guess we have to tune in to watch.
>
> I'm also disappointed because I thought from the above that it would
> involve suggestions for (re)naming the show, and I was going to
> propose "Pregnant in Round Heels".
>
> LH
>
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