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WIBU to mention this to the nursery?

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 15:57

DS is 17 months

He goes to nursery twice a week and has started saying 'Hiya' when he sees other people or children

I know it's a not the biggest deal in the world but it makes me a bit itchy and I know he's not picked it up anywhere else

Would mentioning it make me look like a total twunt? I haaaate it :(

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LadyMaryQuiteContrary · 27/04/2013 18:50

Ds used to look at people, shake his head and announce 'dirty!' Blush

hazeyjane · 27/04/2013 18:51

Could you teach him to say, 'Ahoy Ahoy', it's my favourite greeting.

FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 18:51

Cat girl the way you say 'he's not picked it up anywhere else' is grammatically incorrect to me??

SuePurblybilt · 27/04/2013 18:53

I think you should make a feature of it, on reflection. See if you can get him to do the full Alan Carr.

quoteunquote · 27/04/2013 18:54
just sing this.
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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 18:55

Foodie, I'm typing on an internet forum on a shattered keyboard whilst holding a wriggling toddler, not writing a literary paper Hmm. My typing is full of errors and spelling mistakes.

I'm not claiming we speak perfectly, I just personally don't like 'hiya'

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 18:56

Grin @ 'dirty'

I shall get him and Alan Carr DVD and some specs. I could make some extra cash out of him if he gets good :)

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 18:57

Haaha qoute

White lines is inspired :)

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KingRollo · 27/04/2013 19:02

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 19:06

an Alan Carr DVD - before Foodie starts jumping up and down and pointing ;)

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mikkii · 27/04/2013 19:06

I don't have a problem with hiya, but in relation to the nursery shortening a name, I would raise this with them. My daughter is Gabriela (Spanish spelling, not a typo!) which we shorten to Ella, I have corrected the nursery from Gabby on numerous occaisions, it isn't her name. Now she corrects people that she is Ella not Gabby. She is 6.

wigglesrock · 27/04/2013 19:07

They'd think you were a desperate snob but I think you've got that now Smile

I say Hiya, everyone I know does, maybe it's regional. FWIW I can't stand hey, in the words of my mother "that's what you feed horses"

FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 19:09

Well if you have a problem with 'Hiya' it just seems weird that you would be so grammatically incorrect yourself.

Bit of an oxymoron really.

Coconutty · 27/04/2013 19:11

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FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 19:12

Or am I just a moron lol??

I am a bit out of it here because I am from Dublin so you'll all have to excuse my cultural idiosyncrasies .....

SuePurblybilt · 27/04/2013 19:13

Not really an oxymoron at all, particularly as she's not objecting to Hiya on grammar grounds.
She's objecting because she doesn't want to parent a tiny camp comedian.

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 19:13

No it's not

I don't like the way a particular word sounds and would rather he didn't use it

I don't have an issue with the way he types on an internet forum

BTW, you are using the word 'oxymoron' incorrectly. I think you may have meant 'paradox'

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SoldeInvierno · 27/04/2013 19:14

My DS did the same when he was at nursery. It was hiya and ta, all the time. His great-grandmother, who horrified when she heard him first time. I did suggest that if she wanted him looked after by an Oxford educated nanny we would gladly take her contribution towards the cost.

10 years later, he speaks normally and quiet eloquently. No harm done. :-)

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catgirl1976 · 27/04/2013 19:15

Maybe 'Hiya' sounds fine in a Dublin accent Foodie

But where I am from (oop North so it's not like I speak RP) it just sounds.......well, tiny camp comedian would be about right

Sorry if my previous post sounded twunty.

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FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 19:21

Oh yes I could be mixing up my paradox and my oxymoron. But I do love the word 'oxymoron' so I just stick it in if even remotely passable lol!

MummytoMog · 27/04/2013 19:21

We taught DD to say Ave for a bit - very easy for toddlers to say if you want to give it a try ;)

In all seriousness, I loathe hiya and ta. Both of mine picked it up at the CM and from my sister and both of them dropped it pretty sharpish when they learned hello and thank you. Can I say sesquipedalian now? Just to use a fancy word....

FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 19:23

What does that mean? I love words .....

TolliverGroat · 27/04/2013 19:24

DD2 has never been to nursery, has only heard "Hello", and says "Hiya" (or it's more of a "Hiyao"). Either evil nursery staff are breaking into her room at night to indoctrinate her in the ways of "Hiya" or it is to do with development...

FoodieToo · 27/04/2013 19:26

'tiny camp comedian'. Hilarious .

Seriously,EVERYONE in Ireland says 'Hiya'. Even if we had a queen she would say 'Hiya'.

Any other Irish around? We all say it!