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\nWhen you hear names like Gladys or Herbert or Doris, you probably automatically think of old people, but why is that? Linguists have been studying the science of first names for a long time, and though what's behind a particular parent's...\nWhen you hear names like Gladys or Herbert or Doris, you probably automatically think of old people, but why is that? Linguists have been studying the science of first names for a long time, and though what's behind a particular parent's choice is deeply personal and often opaque, there are certain trends in baby naming that can reveal a lot about the values and direction of a society.\n
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7:34
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6th - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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2024
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English
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linguistics, vowels, generations, vowel sounds, accents, georgia, cities, time, sound, parents, consonants
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