Comments on: don’t talk down to me http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Omykiss http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2899 Omykiss Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:23:21 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2899 I was surprised to notice a similarity between French baby talk and the baby talk my kids used in India! <i>doudou (favourite teddy or comforter)</i> for you and doudou (milk or breast-containing milk) for them; and <i>caca (poo)</i> for you was also poo for them. Maybe not so surprising when you consider that the vocal talents of the young are somewhat limited ... mamamamumumuma is Mummy in any language! I was surprised to notice a similarity between French baby talk and the baby talk my kids used in India! doudou (favourite teddy or comforter) for you and doudou (milk or breast-containing milk) for them; and caca (poo) for you was also poo for them.

Maybe not so surprising when you consider that the vocal talents of the young are somewhat limited … mamamamumumuma is Mummy in any language!

]]> By: ontario frog http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2869 ontario frog Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:40:24 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2869 petite - so I thought it would be with my Tadpole #1. She had a preferred toy for bedtime but did not need it around during the day. This worked until kindergarten, when she found another kid carried the exact same toy. Ouch... petite - so I thought it would be with my Tadpole #1. She had a preferred toy for bedtime but did not need it around during the day. This worked until kindergarten, when she found another kid carried the exact same toy. Ouch…

]]> By: petite http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2852 petite Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:54:48 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2852 ontario frog - she has no doudou! Amazing but true. No favouritism is shown towards any soft toy in the collection and therefore no 'can't find my doudou' related drama. ontario frog - she has no doudou! Amazing but true. No favouritism is shown towards any soft toy in the collection and therefore no ‘can’t find my doudou’ related drama.

]]> By: reachy http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2851 reachy Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:39:11 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2851 <i>Lolo</i> and <i>doggy</i> aren't strictly reserved for toddlers... Lolo and doggy aren’t strictly reserved for toddlers…

]]> By: jonathan http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2850 jonathan Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:21:47 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/03/17/dont-talk-down-to-me/#comment-2850 'I catch sight of the top of his head in the stairwell' If you and the creator of Dilbert are to believed, Petite, it seems pointy heads are de rigeur among the managing classes. I just hope for your sake yours is not so utterly incompetent as Dilbert's! ‘I catch sight of the top of his head in the stairwell’

If you and the creator of Dilbert are to believed, Petite, it seems pointy heads are de rigeur among the managing classes. I just hope for your sake yours is not so utterly incompetent as Dilbert’s!

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