Who's a whiz(z) with words?
You know how there's a regional thing with the name for carbonated beverages? In the South you say Coke for everything, in the Northeast it's what... pop? Midwest is soda? Etc.I'm wondering if there's the same type of thing for the words we use for pee.
I grew up in the South saying tee tee. My grandmother - so deeply southern she sounds like she's making fun of southern people when she talks - still says tee tee. I've taught my son to say tinkle. I don't know why we've stuck with tinkle but it works for us. I've also lost my southern accent and become more generic sounding when I speak. Is saying tinkle a function of this universal voice I have now?
What about the people who say number one, or those who stick with pee or pee pee? And does anyone other than a nurse say urine?
What do you think? Speak up, mamas of all regions. Inform us of your urinary vocabulary preference. Inquiring minds want to know. (Or at least inquiring minds want to procrastinate a bit longer and write inane blog posts lacking all the proper punctuation.)
posted by haikumama @ 3:59 PM
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"Pee Pee" here in Orlando. Growing up, it was referred to as "sissy" as in make a "sissy". Or, we were asked, "Do you have to make?". When his grandparents ask him that now, Big E says, "Make what?".
My grandmother said "tinkle." (We're a 7-generation Texas family.) I tried to say "tinkle" when my son started potty training, but it creeped out my hubby, so I don't say it any more.
I say "tee-tee" or even "tee-tees." As if it could be plural. wtf?
My husband says "tee tees" also. Maybe that's our nuclear family's addition to the urine lexicon.
In Australia we say wee not pee. My mum called it "wetties" when we were little. I don't know if that was just her or more common. Having said that, I say pee with my son. Guess I'm bowing to pressure or just slowly becoming more and more american. Eek!
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