Things we say to children that make no sense

[Justgivemethebrie]

I have 19 month old ds and he is at that stage of coming into the bathroom with me still, pottering until I'm ready to leave. Earlier, I was getting him to help and asked him to, 'Pull the chain for mummy.' It got me thinking that I have not pulled a chain in a loo since my own childhood but was refering to pressing the flush.

Wondering if anyone says anything to their children that, when you think about it, doesn't really make sense this day and age? Do you continue saying it as it is normal to you or do you change it so it makes more sense in today's world?

I am sure there are other things that I say to him that are about 20 years out of date!

Interesting about younger people using a 'flat' hand when they signal a phone call.

British Sigh Language has a number of signs for 'phone' which visually represent the action of calling. The most recent one has nothing to do with putting anything to your ear it's like a mime of someone texting.

One of the ways to say you are going to the toilet is to say you are 'going to the phone' because restaurants / bars used to have public phones near the toilets.

Languages are amazing things, they grow and divert, sometimes we use a word / phrase when the original meaning no longer applies, eg a 'bonnet' was a man's head covering sometimes the item is the same but the name changes eg wireless / radio.

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Brilliant thank you! I am sat in the car crying with laughter. He is my DM!
The ventriloquism at mass and the “If you’re going to stay here, you better get out!”
Brilliant!