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Here’s Why Your Mushy Pet-Names Usually Start With a?‘B’

Yep, they all start with a B. Heck, even the Duchess of Cambridge let slip earlier this week that she calls Wills babe. Good Housekeeping spoke to Frank Nuessel, a professor at the University of Louisville and expert in the science of naming, to find out where our love of a good ole B pet-name actually stems from. Here comes the science bit.