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L3lack_light Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Baby No. 2

Hello!

I have a question. Do people call their second offspring Baby No. 2 in English?

Thank you very much
  

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Context is everything. My daughter had just turned two when we learned that baby number two was on the way. -- This would not be a very odd thing to say.

— BarbaraPA

  • Context is everything.
  • My daughter had just turned two when we learned that baby number two was on the way.
  • -- This would not be a very odd thing to say.
  • However "I need to drop baby number two off at daycare" would be a bit odd.
  • I often refer to mine as Thing 1 and Thing 2, as an homage to The Cat in the Hat.
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Context is everything.

My daughter had just turned two when we learned that baby number two was on the way. -- This would not be a very odd thing to say.

However "I need to drop baby number two off at daycare" would be a bit odd.

I often refer to mine as Thing 1 and Thing 2, as an homage to The Cat in the Hat.
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Thanks a lot Grammer Geek. Well, about the contexy of this one, I shall say it's a 'dedication'. The author writes:

"To Baby No. 2: For keeping me company while I was writing this book."

What do you think now?
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That would sound very odd to me, unless the author was pregnant during the process of writing and Baby Number Two didn't yet have an identity of her own.
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Yes that's one possibility and that's very likely.

Thank you Grammar Geek. I'm really grateful.
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