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  2. Term of endearment - Wikipedia

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    This article is about the phrase. For the film, see Terms of Endearment. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation). A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their children and lovers ...

  3. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...

  4. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In one of her books about Southern culture, Marlyn Schwartz reports that it has long been common for southern families to use family surnames as first names. [14] The Baby Name Wizard author Laura Wattenberg explains that the practice became popular in the early 20th century as poor immigrants chose names they associated with the sophistication ...

  5. 35 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    With both Greek and Latin origins, Astra is a lovely name with ancient roots. This baby girl’s name takes on the plural form of ‘astrum’ and symbolizes none other than, you guessed it, stars. 4.

  6. Rock-a-bye Baby - Wikipedia

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    "Hush-a-bye baby" in The Baby's Opera, A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, ca. 1877. The rhyme is generally sung to one of two tunes. The only one mentioned by the Opies in The Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes (1951) is a variant of Henry Purcell's 1686 quickstep Lillibullero, [2] but others were once popular in North America.

  7. 100 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    With both Greek and Latin origins, Astra is a lovely name with ancient roots. This baby girl’s name takes on the plural form of ‘astrum’ and symbolizes none other than, you guessed it, stars. 4.

  8. Tre, Pol and Pen - Wikipedia

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    The full rhyming couplet runs: By Tre Pol and Pen / Shall ye know all Cornishmen, [1] [2] a version of which was recorded by Richard Carew in his Survey of Cornwall, published in 1602. [3] Many Cornish surnames and place names still retain these words as prefixes, such as the surname Trelawny and the village Polzeath .

  9. Naming customs of Hispanic America - Wikipedia

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    The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).