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Katarinka Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

christening, baptism

0 Hi, can you say christening of a book (cd,pub..) if a book is first introduced in the public? Or does christening/baptism apply only to babies? thanks 0-
  

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0 00Typically we would say “launch” a book, cd, or ship!00 00Used both as a verb and as a noun (the book launch).02br
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11b01font00A baptism is a ceremony in which something is given a name....could be a boat, statue,
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0Well... actually, U.S. Navy ships are christened. The person breaks a bottle of wine or champagne or something across the bow and names the ship. 02br
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