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When did English speakers start using "baby" as a form of endearment?
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July 9th, 2010
Recently, I was watching this Warner Bros. cartoon classic (I have all the Golden Collection discs!) and when the frog started singing ”Hello, Ma Baby!,” I thought, is that the first song in English where the singer calls his beloved “Baby”? It was written in 1899. When did using “baby” affectionately start for lovers in our language?
And in other languages, is “baby” a term of endearment, or is it like French, where it’s phrases like “ma petite chou”, and whatnot? What do other people say?
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