What do you call your children's (cough) "bits" - well I don't know what else to call them in a heading, okay?
WITH two little girls having reached the age of nine, I suppose it was inevitable that the word "vagina" would start being uttered around about now - by them, if not me.
While I know the gentler and somewhat babyish "twinkle" had to go, I'm not sure I was ready for the more clinical sounding term - though that must say more about me than my daughter. I've been thinking about this recently after a question was asked on the Twinlets forum.
I also quite used to like "foo foo" (don't ask) and "tuppence" - for those early days in the bath.
My other daughter likes to say"fanny." This of course *cracks* me up.
And of course I know that it means something entirely different in the US. The moment an American fellow student announced to a packed train she had an itchy fanny is indelibly etched on my memory, as is the burning sensation caused when greeting the news by spitting my coffee out.
I do like my son and daughter's: "doodah" and "chocho" respectively; kinda cute, but instantly recognisable for what they are... well, to me anyway :) Loving your "itchy fanny" story!
Posted by: Skippy | May 02, 2008 at 11:08 AM
We just went with penis, vagina and butt.
Of course, Ian has since picked up "ass" which I am seriously trying to curb.
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | May 02, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Emily says "butt" - something to do with watching The Simpsons too much!
Posted by: Linda | May 02, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Hey Skippy - you'll appreciate this, as told by a freelance journalist colleague:
When I used to work on cruise ships in the US we did the 'mr and mrs game' and used to ask 'What would you make smaller about your wife?'
One of the reponses was 'I'd make her fanny smaller.' The other english staff and I had to try very hard not to crack up on stage at that one
Posted by: Linda | May 02, 2008 at 12:23 PM
LOVING IT!
Posted by: Skippy | May 02, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Were they all wearing "fanny packs" on the cruise? Yeah, we love our fanny packs. ;-)
Posted by: Becky | May 02, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Fanny pack = Where we keep our credit cards, cash & passports. You never knew, did you?
Posted by: Becky | May 02, 2008 at 04:46 PM
..which of course leads to a man saying to his wife: "Stick this in your fanny pack will you." Arf.
Posted by: Linda | May 02, 2008 at 04:48 PM
We've always called it a vagina, shortened to "Dina" by my daughter when she was too young to get her tongue around vagina - so to speak
My son named his willy "Milly"
Posted by: beta mum | May 07, 2008 at 10:23 PM