To ask for a national campaign to stop adults referring to their "tummy"

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Still absolutely fine to talk to children about tummies

But adults need to know that it is never ever ever ever ever ok to say "my tummy hurts"

Ever, ok?

YANBU. While we're at it, can we also ban people from referring to the ground as the floor? I mean, where did that even come from? I don't think I can blame Americans for it, for once!

Never, ever OK! Can you please please explain to my 59 year old, 6ft 4", 18 stone husband that he does NOT have a tummy. God it gives me the ickest of icks!

Well I'm feeling a bit moby, I've got a Shania in my aunt Nellie.

Are you sure it’s not in your Newingtons?

Could be. Nothing a raspberry won't sort out. 😅

Just need to add that when we had DD1, my husband attempted baby talk and said 'oh is this your little bel-bel'........he nearly didn't make it out alive of that one and safe to say he's never attempted it again

Dd's inlaws are like you.
Dgc, 2, loves a bit of baby talk.
Unicef recommend it.

I was THAT five yo. I vividly remember telling the teacher that I wasn't POORLY, I was UNWELL.

"Poorly" isn't a childish word where I'm from (NW England). 🤷‍♀️

Oh yes. It does seem a very ‘posh’ thing to do though. You never hear working class adults say mummy.

Belly or guts is far, far worse! If we didn’t have a general term like ‘sore tummy’ then we’d have to say things like “I have pain in my bowel” which I don’t really want to hear about either.

Poorly is a normal word round me. No one says unwell.

I am an adult and will say Mummy till the day she dies. I do refer to her in the third person as mother/madre, though, but still unapologetic.

Me too, my mother will always be Mummy.

No adults should be calling parents 'mummy and daddy'.

It's far too 'bitty' 🤮

Equally I know a lot of middle class people who wouldn't dream of calling their parents mummy/daddy past the age of about 10.

There is a board specifically for this. Head over to pedants' corner.

I bet she goes on holi-bobs

I had to have a transvaginal scan a few years ago and the hospital letter explained the procedure and the word 'tummy' was used! I don't particularly object to the word tummy but surely it has no place in a hospital letter!