I know its been done a million times but... LITTLE MAN

[whatwhatinthewhatnow]

My child will not be called little man. The reason? You shout that in public and every boy child aged 10 or under will turn around.

Ive had it with Facebook updates about 'My little man...', people saying to me about my bump 'Hows that little man doing?', and conversations with family members about how well their little men are doing at school. We dont call daughters 'Little women'???

What did we call our sons before this awful meme started?! And how to I subtley veer DP away from doing it?!

AIBU?

I call my DCs variously

Lamb
Toots
Cheeky monkey
little monster
Snotface

depending on my mood, or the state of their nose.

I have been known to call DS 'wee man' (I'm Scottish)

Sorry....

For shame, tralaa. You should be calling him Tarquin or Farquar! What's wrong with you?

little man's different to wee man imo although I can't really justify why.
Wee man reminds me of the Nac Mac Feagles. Crivvens!!

No difference at all. Wee is synonymous with little.

I didn't mean in terms of meaning Expat, I'm aware they mean the same thing. I was talking about the grate factor.

Ah no, Expat - yokels are, I believe, jolly rural types with a piece of grass sticking out of their mouths. Northerners and celts are just a bit shellsuity and common - generally Not Nice People.

One of my friends used to constantly refer to her dd as 'my little friend' which (irrationally) used to annoy the hell out of me! No idea why...

You're right, anne. The whole of N. England and Scotland is just crawling with the common, you get used to it after a while :o.

I call ds little man sometimes... so shoot me... He is also know as:

Pall pall (dd calls him this after my brother refered to ds as pall once)
Champ
monkey
grubby
sausage

dd is refered to as

Do do (ds trying to say her name and it has stuck.. poor little girl)
monkey chopos
skally
poppet..

my friends dp refered to dd as minx the other day.. I found that disturbing!!

My wardrobe's full of very stylish shellsuits

lol tralaa do you have a black curly wig as well and bounce from one foot to the next saying aaaaright cam down cam down... lol

I keep my shellsuit "for best" and just break it out when visiting family back up north.

I dont mean northerners/scots or any other region being common. I mean the term 'little man' (colloquialise it to Wee man, its all the same) is to me, common.

Because I hear every little boy called it and I think, surely that little boy has some difference to every other little man, and should have a nickname that reflects it. That his mother has chosen for him specifically. And not just one that everyone uses.

To me, it generalises all little boys.

Why on earth should one have to think of an 'original' term of endearment everytime they address their child? What a bizarre concept! And people dont use little man as a nickname just as a way of addressing their child affectionately. My boy is called all manner of things from the apparently 'common' little man to the loving 'doodles' and the slightly bizarre 'chutney pickle'. It denotes nothing more than the fact he makes go all gooey sometimes. Besides for someone so hellbent on originality this thread isn't very original is it?

Anything is better than the female " little princess", actively avoid friend who uses that.

I agree whatwhat. I think nicknames are almost as important as real names.

My family call me Dolly. If I ever heard anyone else being called it, Id think Oi! Get your own identity!

What do you call a female weegie in a white shellsuit?

-The bride

What do you call a weegie in a suit?

-The Accused

I've seen lil man on facebook loads of times and never liked it, but I do call DS little mister all the time.

My son's called something Scottish in addition to 'wee man'.

Other males also have this name.

We are common for not coming up with something so general. I feel sorry for boys in Scotland called names like Callum, Finlay, Ian or David.

They must feel very generalised.

You dont have to think of an original term of endearment. But wouldnt you want your LO to know hes different from all the other little men?

'LO'

Pass the bucket.

I'm a fan of wee man as I'm married to a Scot... but he says with my cut glass middle england accent it hurts his ears. He says the same when I say dafty which I've also taken a liking to.

Surely better little man than dhaaaarling in a home counties drawl?

'Wee man'

Pass the bucket

whats a weegie expat? I thought that was when you pulled your pants up to your ears. lol