As in, from (1) stunned at the relatively high frequency of a name to (2) stunned at others' assumptions of that same name's low frequency
In one second I went from "Who names their baby 'Baby'?!" to "Who uses 'Baby' as a sentinel value for baby names?!" http://www.randalolson.com/2014/12/06/top-25-most-gender-neutral-names-in-the-u-s/ …
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"I'm sorry, Mr. Lastname, I know that really is your last name but our computer system refuses to believe that you aren't test data"
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@qntm often 'baby' and 'infant' are placeholder names for when the parents haven't chosen one yet but hospital must fill in a birth cert. -
@hexapodium These are terrible placeholder names, though, because "Baby" and "Infant" are perfectly legal names - 5 more replies
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