Comments on: Hold me close, young Tony Danza*

By: Darcey

Darcey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:23:56 +0000

We call my grandpa, “Paca” because I couldn’t pronounce it correctly. (All of the other grandkids still call him that.)

I used to think a “sty in the eye” was a “pig’s sty”.

And I think Joey and I shared this one for a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwYpSCrlHU

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:13:38 +0000

Doo-ta-doo = the toilet paper roll because that is the sound you make when you are 5 and using it as trumpet.

TV box = remote control because according to my parents there was a time when it really was a box connected to the tv by a cord that changed the channel.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:34:07 +0000

Those are awesome. I love things like that, too.

my daughter used to call cheeseburgers “cheeseburbas”, so we still use that one.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:42:40 +0000

oh man! i want more of these! my family now seems inadequate!

one that i HOPE to never let my bf forget is when we were in home depot and saw some enormous cans of oil for (i think?) frying entire turkeys or the like, and he goes “why does that say “OMG CHOLESTEROL!” on it?” it actually said “0 mg cholesterol.” heh. but whenever we see something neat now, i exclaim “OMG CHOLESTEROL!”

By: Swistle

Swistle — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:37:19 +0000

When William was 2, he pronounced Christmas “Scrimtion.” So now we still call it that. Henry said tummy and bellybutton “pummy” and “bee-bun,” so we say that too. I can’t remember which child (Henry, I THINK) called muffins “fuffins,” but now we all do.

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:34:58 +0000

My family calls me Krissie. And my youngest couldn’t say it when he was little and called me Skippy. My mom will still call me that every now and then.

My friend in college thought the line in the Dave Matthew’s song Crash (I think it is that song) was “hike up your skirt, little boy” instead of “hike up your skirt a little more.”

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:55:16 +0000

This isn’t my family but people at work say “flush out” ALL THE TIME when they mean “flesh out.” It drives me CRAZY.

OK, that isn’t quite the cute little thing you were looking for, but ARGH.

By: Korinna

Korinna — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:29:09 +0000

A favorite of mine and a close childhood friend involves me hearing her say “tacky tampons.”

When in reality it was “khaki pants on.”