Baby Names
by Andy Foster
Hey Julie! I only just
heard that you’re expecting! Such wonderful
news!
Thanks, Emily! Yes, Jeff
and I are so excited! Hey, come on in … can
I get you a coffee?
Yeah, that would be great,
thanks; milk and one sugar, please. So …
have you and Jeff come up with a name for him yet?
It might be a ‘her’!
Wow, that’s unusual!
Is it Anglo-Saxon?
Is what Anglo-Saxon?
‘Itmightbeaher’.
Er … yes, you’re
right, as I said, it might be a ‘her’.
Or, of course, it might be a ‘him’!
Wow again! So you’re
choosing between ‘Itmightbeaher’ and
‘Itmightbeahim’?
Well, no, we don’t
really have that choice …
And will it be ‘Itmightbeaher’
if it’s a ‘her’, and ‘Itmightbeahim’
if it’s a ‘him’?
I don’t quite
follow …
Or is it ‘Itmightbeahim’
for a ‘her’, and ‘Itmightbeaher’
for a ‘him’?
Er … did you say
milk in your coffee, Emily?
Or doesn’t it matter
either way? Wow! In that case, it could it be
‘Itmightbeahim’ for a ‘her’
or a ‘him’, and ‘Itmightbeaher’
for a ‘him’ or a ‘her’! And
if so … we know it might be a ‘her’,
then it could be ‘Itmightbeaher’ or
‘Itmightbeahim’ for her; or, it might
be a ‘him’, then it could be ‘Itmightbeahim’
or ‘Itmightbeaher’ for him!
… and one sugar?
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