Am I a foul mouthed old %*$^!£% ?

[sottovoce]

Went to pick DD up from nursery today and noticed that she was a little, er, fragrant as she tottered towards me. I asked the nursery nurse if I could do her nappy and we went into the nappy room together. As the nappy was taken off, I noticed that she was really uncomfortable and said that "poor [dd] has a very sore fanny" - was met with "that's not a word we use here!" and icy glares!

ohmigod - I would have felt extremely coy if I had said mimi - our family word for it - and it just sort of came out without thinking. What should I have called it?

Can't believe that I am well into my late 30s and have been made to feel 2 foot high by a 19 year old for my foul language ....

so what do they call it?

I think that she's evading the real issue here that your DD has a sore whateveryouwanttocallit

i think i'd have mentioned something about her fanny not being sore if they'd changed her!!!

Ha ha.

I was once told off for calling a shopgirl a woman rather than a laydee.

This is in the same league.

vulva, anyone..?

[betty passes around delicate hors d'oeuvres and waits for harpsichordcarrier to arrive]

?!?!?!?!

Pissflaps.

Caligula, I thought you were suggesting "shopgirl" as a euphemism for a vulva...!

Hmm, that might be an idea. "wipe your shopgirl thoroughly"

"my shopgirl's sore"

etc.

PMSL at shopgirl! Can't do vulva without sniggering either. Perhaps i should go for fanjo as an homage to Enid (she mentioned it on her birth announcement I think)....

C A L I G U L A - stop it. Sprayed my wine across computer screen..

ROFL!