In our family, like many others I'm sure, we have little made up words for everyday things to make it easier for the toddlers as they learn to speak and for the adults to understand.
For example,
boo-boo = a hurt or a scare, be-bette = an insect, bankie = blankie
The one that really stands out though was 'na-na' which meant food. For a 6 year old, the most logical conclusion as to why we called my step-grandmother 'Nana' was because she was always eating. :-X
(I hope she never reads this)
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to think the song Bette Davis Eyes was called 'she's got better days besides'.— JJ Simpson
- The Kim Carnes song called 'Bette Davis Eyes' well my dad used to sing "She's got Dickie Davis Eyes" Anon
- I used to believe that tofu was actually called "toe food" and that it was made out of toe-jam.Anon
- for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- I used to believe that ketchup was used to make fries colder so they would be easier to eat.— Amber
- My brother used to believe that when we went to school dogs went to dog school to learn to speak and read— Matt