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From: jane@ames.UUCP (Jane Medefesser)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: A POLL?  FETUS: "it", "he" or "she"
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 11:32:26 EST
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> I usually call a fetus a "he" because "he" is the more commonly used
> pronoun when an unknown PERSON is being discussed.  Would you call
> a friend an "it" (note: I said friend; I know many its :-)?

We call our unborn "he", just 'cuz it's easiest. Most people the say
"Aha, so you already know then?" Well, no. It gets kindof awkward I 
guess.

The rest of the family has pet names. My mother-in-law refers to the baby
as "Herman". My sisters refer to it as "cousin-it" (meaning my neice's cousin).
We refered to my neice as "Fred" (much tongue-in-cheek) until she was born.


Jane Medefesser
Informatics General Corp.
NASA Ames Research Center 
Moffett Field, California
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