funny how things linger

[johncomic]

When Paisley was learning to talk, she said “tetchoo” when she was trying to say “thank you”. For some reason it stuck with Sharon and me, so now, nineteen years after the fact, we still say tetchoo* to each other sometimes, even though Paisley abandoned it long ago.

* sometimes we shorten it to “tetch” :P

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[viridescence13]

My family still uses slang, baby talk and other odd turns of phrase that we used as children. My husband even says things that he has picked up on from discussions about my childhood. The other night he used one of my standard phrases when I was 3 or 4 -- "that was a bad happen to do" instead of "I did something bad" or "something bad happened."

I like "inside" family things like that. :)

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

"that was a bad happen to do"

Ooo, that's a good one! :)

I like "inside" family things like that.

Us too.

[brandifer.livejournal.com]

I think every family has their own peculiar lexicon, though we Spauldings may be a little higher on that scale due to the insular nature of our life here. I believe its life cycle has been augmented by the advent of text-message communication. :)

Drew has several oddball sayings he picked up from his maternal grandmother that I and Alida use routinely. He and I have an entire language of slang and verbal shorthand that baffles the crap out of casual onlookers. We have a range of verbal artifacts from Alida's childhood, but this is my favorite: when she was learning to speak, she invented a sound for 'drink' that just stuck. To this day, if any one of us would request the favor of sharing the beverage of another, it's well within the confines of polite congress to extend a hand and say "geedle?". :-}

Tetchoo for sharing a bit of family sweetness.