AIBU to find certain cutesy shortening of words slightly vomit inducing

[mumsfretter]

when said in a cutsey voice by a grown adult.

For example narna instead of Banana..

Or ickle instead of little

I think this is Welsh thing but "Bampy" instead of Grampy,Granddad etc makes me roll my eyes to the point I may actually lose my sight. WTAF is Bampy?

I don't mind dc's mispronunciation of words being adopted by their parents because I'm guilty of it myself but I hate it when the parents use baby words when speaking to babies before they can speak, especially if those baby words are yog-yog or brek-brek. A friend once asked what my child called breakfast. Er, breakfast?!?

My Dad's wife drives me mental when she talks to DD (13 months)..... I try to avoid baby speak, I find it cringeworthy. I'm all for age appropriate words to promote understanding - but I want those words to be the actual WORDS - not weird extended/shortened/embellished incorrect versions of them.

She lengthens everything and it sets my teeth on edge.

Imagine if you will a sing song, falsetto voice....

"Dooooo yoooooou want a drinkies?"

"Dooooo yoooooou want a bick-bick?"

"Shall we go for a little walkies?"

Even more annoying is that she shortens DD's (already shortened) name to "Mad" which I LOATHE! It seems to me to be a very odd thing to shorten a name too.

She also insists on holding both DDs hands whilst she walks - which she can do unaided and at speed (and Dad's wife has seen her do it) which actually slows her down.

I always end up just wanting to shout "It's FUCKING drink, biscuit and WALK! Do not teach my DD idiotic words that are completely FUCKING useless!"

Rant over :)

Grown adults calling their parents 'Mummy' and 'Daddy' makes me want to puke.

CoolaSchmoola - Just do it. I always end up just wanting to shout "It's FUCKING drink, biscuit and WALK! Do not teach my DD idiotic words that are completely FUCKING useless!" Feal the fear and do it anyway.

gosuckalemon

I agree mummy or daddy on grown up children is just awful

Hubby/hubz and Bubba/Bubs

I have a friend who always asks how bubba is coming along (am pregnant) and it makes my ears twitch.

And preggers

Little words amongst me and my children are okay with me though. Like bookbook for laptop.

I'd take ickle over lil anyday

Oh OH this thread is my homeland.

I cannot stand baby talk, I know several families that insist on using baby talk for everyday words to their toddlers, and they try and encourage me to do it too!

"Tits ask X if they want some numnums..."

and also when did the word food become a problem?

I shall also share with you the shocking fact that my 44 year old father openly uses the word 'Coolio' shamelessly to other people.

It's awesome to be called hun tho innit babes?

I wince whenever grown women on Mumsnet says "luffs" (loves) or "luffly"

Hate it when others do it but ... Tend to use silly words that small family members come out with, my fave being aggle for ladybird (?) but we must sound bonkers to others.

I'm guilty of using some of these (hubby, nom-noms, drinky to name a few) but others mentioned make me a bit twitchy.

My son does say hostipal but he is only 2.8 so I hope it's allowed!

I've also done the pointing out of planes, lorries, cows etc when son isn't with me.

I once overheard my x-MIL asking toddler DS if he wanted an eggy peggy. I almost punched her in the face.

Gosuck

Would you please, please, please come and puke on my OH, please. I am fucked off with telling him "I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER, SO DO NOT CALL ME MUMMY" even the DDs tell him off now. But I think he needs to be puked upon, just to make sure, please.

Do you want a yog yog?
Do you want a choc choc?

Do you want your dc to talk properly???? Aaaagh!!!

I know someone who speaks beautifully unless it's to her toddler in which case, random words begin with a 'D'

"Do you dwant to to sit in da highchair?"
"What's da matter?"
"Shall mummy get dwoo a breadstick?"

Very strange. She's otherwise perfectly lovely.

I was on Myfitnesspal for a long time and had to delete many friends after they repetedly said stuff along the lines of "having cake today om nom nom nom nom"
Or "going out for nomnoms"

Made me want to punch my laptop

Vito, I'm getting that on Facebook. Why is it the people that go on about needing to lose weight are also the ones that seem to be 'nom noming' a lot?

slap!

I do remember driving to work one day and going moo when driving past some cows. On my own.

We used to live in a flat which backed onto a field, opened the curtain one morning and the field was full of cows so I just started shouting mooooooo at them every time I left the house. And if I was feeling particularly vicious "Moo you buggers moo moo moo". They ignored me.

Baby talk is horrid but verbally abusing animals is fine.

My MIL baby talks all the time.
We have no babies in the family.
The youngest of her 'babies' is in her mid-twenties.
She lisps too.
I win.

I should add, lisps- on purpose.

I wasn't warned about her before I met her, so her 'fank yous fur comin to sees mees. Me give you a hug' left me open mouthed in shock.

Not just me, then?
In addition to all of these, I give you... 'puter.
Gaaaargh!

I have been guilty of using 'what up' occasionally

I studied linguistics for a long time and I still have no idea what the argument is about 'baby talk helps children develop language skills'. No, repetition and context does.
"Look! There's a cat!" (point to cat) "Can you see the cat?" (point to cat) "There's a tabby cat in our garden!" (point to cat)
Baby thinks - ah, there seems to be some connection between stripy furry creature in garden and the sound 'cat' that this person keeps making; and eventually says "Cat!"
Replace 'cat' with 'puss-puss' and the baby says 'puss-puss'.

Yoghurt - you win. Ouch..

We call DD's dummy a "doi doi" but only because that's what she calls it. Also, lunch had become "munch", again because she can't quite get her "l" sound right yet (22 months).

Generally though we use proper words...DD has just started saying "careful" (as "caare-foooo" and it's SOOOOO cute (awaits vomit)