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#1 2006-09-16 07:56:36

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
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EXPECTED mothers (expectant)

This is just a cute malapropism.

Perhaps some people want to be grandparents so badly that they EXPECT a grandchild, and insist that the EXPECTED mother start asking the doctor about the health of the EXPECTED baby.

FMI
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On the other hand, the government needs to take a stance also, we can’t have expected Mothers coming into the country to have children on American soil …
http://www.htmlforums.com/showthread.php?t=81132

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The Kid One Transport System, Inc. 205-978-1000, Serves children under 19 going for medical treatment, expected mothers just before pre-natal period, ...
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#2 2006-09-20 08:11:28

wordmangler
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Registered: 2006-09-20
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Re: EXPECTED mothers (expectant)

Should that be expectorant mother – her child will be her spitting image.

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