Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!sb1!mb2c!gll From: gll@mb2c.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Name That Fetus! - (nf) Message-ID: <145@mb2c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 11:07:14 EDT Article-I.D.: mb2c.145 Posted: Tue Jul 5 11:07:14 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 15:13:47 EDT References: fortune.1197 Lines: 20 Judging from the title, someone wanted a non-sexist name to call their unborn child. Having one myself (seven weeks to go and counting), I will give you my solution. I call my baby "Generic". This implies no name - no sex. It's also cute and trendy and fits my lifestyle. (One of my favorite pastimes is finding new generic products in the grocery store.) As to what we are actually going to call our baby, my husband and I haven't agreed on a name yet. We haven't even agreed on when we should talk about it. We both have dif- ferent ideas/traditions for names and this is causing some conflict. Relatives and friends nervous because it is tak- ing so long to decide on a name. I am threatening to actu- ally name our child Generic and nickname it Genie if it is a girl and Eric or Ric if it is a boy. Needless to say, my husband is appalled at the idea but people have turned unusual names into an asset and the nicknames are very nor- mal sounding.