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[Neal Whitman]

A few Google Ngram searches show that specific names such as "cygnet" 
are trending down somewhat, and "baby" names are trending slightly up, 
but still in the minority.

Neal

cygnet ~ baby swan
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cygnet_INF%2C+baby+swan_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Ccygnet_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bcygnets%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bcygnet%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cbaby%20swan_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bbaby%20swans%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bbaby%20swan%3B%2Cc0

duckling ~ baby duck
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=duckling_INF%2Cbaby+duck_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Cduckling_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bducklings%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bduckling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cbaby%20duck_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bbaby%20ducks%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bbaby%20duck%3B%2Cc0

gosling ~ baby goose
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=gosling_INF%2Cbaby+goose_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Cgosling_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgoslings%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bgosling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cbaby%20goose_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bbaby%20geese%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bbaby%20goose%3B%2Cc0

colt/foal/filly ~ baby horse
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=foal_NOUN_INF%2C+filly_INF%2Ccolt_INF%2Cbaby+horse_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Cfoal_NOUN_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfoal_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfoals_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfoaling_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cfilly_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfilly%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfillies%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Ccolt_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bcolt%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bcolts%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cbaby%20horse_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bbaby%20horse%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bbaby%20horses%3B%2Cc0

On 8/18/2014 11:26 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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> On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> In my middlebrow experience, most names for young birds 'n beasts =
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>> than pup, puppy, kitten, and cub, are now mostly literary. (Some of =
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>> like "cygnet," may have always been.)
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>> Even "duckling" is on the way out, "baby duck" being preferred.
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>> JL
> except on menus, oddly
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> LH
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>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> The "baby horse" is really young. But ut appears to be nale and =
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>>> "An example of a colt is a _baby horse_."
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>>>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>>>> "Funny _Baby Horse_"
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>>>>> Is the word, "colt," now obsolete? What about "foal"?
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>>>> Not obsolete, just not widely known in urban/suburban America (esp. =
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>>>> "foal", I'd wager). =3D20
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