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[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Does that mean "hubby *and* baby daddy" or "hubby *or* baby daddy, we don't
> know which or much care either" ?
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> JL

That's what I'm thinking.  Like invitations that encourage the invitee to bring "spouse or significant other", which doesn't rule out the possibility that the significant other *could* be a spouse, anymore than this one rules out the possibility that the baby daddy *could* be a (or the) hubby.  What's relevant in each case is the connection to the invitee, or to the baby mama, as the case may be, not his or her exact status.

LH


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> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "her hubby/baby daddy"
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>> It's now necessary to specify whether a woman's husband is also the
>> father of her child?!
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