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Grammar pedants - help please.

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ChrisHB Mar 2022 8:18pm, 4 Mar 2022 21,559 posts	0 ChrisHB we tried referring to our first by the name we'd chosen for her, but it didn't work for either of us. Anyway we swapped her first and second names round after the event.
LindsD Mar 2022 8:22pm, 4 Mar 2022 53,310 posts	0 LindsD We didn't want to know but wouldn't have been able to anyhow as it's prohibited in our trust.
JK chameleon Mar 2022 8:46pm, 4 Mar 2022 16,373 posts	0 JK chameleon My sister referred to her first-born as Bobkat. The resultant niece has turned into a cat-hater, and as such a huge disappointment (although that personality flaw aside, a lovely young lady)
Dvorak Mar 2022 9:01pm, 4 Mar 2022 24,848 posts	0 Dvorak I thought that referring to baby as "it" got a sharp retort - although may that's just after it, I mean she or he, has been hatched. I'm trying to think what term I've used pre-hatching. "Sprout" maybe, or "bump".
Cyclops Mar 2022 5:50pm, 7 Mar 2022 4,322 posts	0 Cyclops My cousin's baby got nicknamed Montana in utero and ended up being called it as they couldn't imagine her with any other name once born.
GordonG Mar 2022 3:04pm, 14 Mar 2022 9,017 posts	0 GordonG i've just received a work email containing the phrase "We wanted to sense check this with you and also confirm..." question: what does 'sense check' mean? does it add anything more than simply 'check'?
larkim Mar 2022 3:19pm, 14 Mar 2022 17,340 posts	0 larkim Doesn't check imply authorisation or permission, whereas sense check suggests the application of common sense to something?
ChrisHB Mar 2022 4:06pm, 14 Mar 2022 21,585 posts	0 ChrisHB they're asking if it makes sense.
GordonG Mar 2022 4:22pm, 14 Mar 2022 9,018 posts	0 GordonG Ok thanks. I think you're right although ironically, when you read the whole email, it doesn't really make sense!
Columba Mar 2022 7:53pm, 14 Mar 2022 21,654 posts	0 Columba Yes, check the sense. As opposed, for example, to the grammar or the spelling.