Does anyone really say "tummies"?

Galen - did you tell patients to 'pop' behind the screen', 'pop off their clothes' and 'pop up on the bed'?
I once told an optician I was myopic and he asked if I had studied ophthalmology! I wanted to hit the condescending so and so.

Yes Galen. But that is a woman to a man. I meant man talking to man.

My GP used to say it to my husband, man to man. I do not think he has a different way of talking to men and women.

My late uncle used to say 'Chimblies' for chimney and Thilthy for Filthly

Pork 'tummy' crackling has nipples. It really put me off crackling (not for long though, I just check for nipples.

Eeeuuuurghhhh!!!!!

#neveragain

It's the stiff hairs that put me off especially if they are black!

Oh yes. Those too. #gloucesteroldspot?

I have an authentic Indian recipe for a particular dish that says it can also be made from udders, but to increase the cooking time.

(Sorry, it was the reference to crackling with nipples that reminded me.)

We had tummy pork slow roasted with chili and fennel last night - it was delicious. I think I might draw the line at udders phoenix

Just read all the posts- hilarious!
I'll add that my Mum called No.2
our 'good deed'-a bit weird, I know.

wurzel perhaps she was a Brownie in her youth, aren't they encouraged to do a good deed every day? [innocent face]

and nipples kitty.

I say tummy....or rumbly in my tumbly..........

Dont like belly much unless accompanied by button

Picking back up on jantheas post about baby talk my 1yr old Dgs says woof for any 4 legged animal of dog or cat size.
I think it comes from hearing the noise the animal makes, or us going through a book saying look there's the cow it says moo the sheep says baa etc etc.

I do not have any problem with that early baby talk. As long as parent does not persist they will quickly learn the correct words. So if he at first says woof when looking at a cat its not right to keep correcting when a child is first talking. Woof or Moo shows they are getting the overall picture about how to communicate.

It must confuse children to be told that the sleek Eurostar whizzing by is a 'puffer-train' - goes 'choo-choo'...

When my now 8-year-old GS was a year old, every bird was a duck; when one of my GDs was little, everything in the sky - including the moon - was a plane. Both are now perfectly normal, articulate speakers.