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a nasty urchin !


a nasty urchin ! (Nasturtium)

that's what my daughters called them when they were little and we still do :o)



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Hi Eileen, it's nice when things like the name your children gave things, is carried on years later isn't it, lots of memories, Derek.

9 Oct, 2018

 

there are lots of things we still call by their childhood names or pronunciation. flowers are flowies, tired is ti-od

have to explain to friends when they are used :o)

9 Oct, 2018

 

Hi Eileen, when my daughter was young, every time she sneezed my wife would say 'bless you' and hand her a tissue, it must have sounded like pleshu, because she started asking for a 'pleshu' every time she wanted a tissue, so we both called them 'pleshu, Derek.

9 Oct, 2018

 

Love it! I knew a 90 yr. old lady who called Rudbeckias Ruder Bakers ... and my s-in-law calls campanulas Camper Noolas! :o))

10 Oct, 2018

 

there is a jonny cash song with the lyrics 'daddy sang base and mummy sang tenor' in the car my daughter thought it was 'and mummy served dinner' says a lot about who used to do the cooking :o).

10 Oct, 2018

 

You've got to love mis-heard lyrics!

10 Oct, 2018

 

Ha, ha.

10 Oct, 2018

 

I need to stop giggling...when my son was little, he found saying 'Thank you' difficult and it came out as 'tat, you' All was well, until I said it to the butcher...exit one red faced mum!

13 Oct, 2018

 

I bet that made his day Waddy!

16 Oct, 2018

 

Actually I just got a funny look from him and the other customers in the shop.

18 Oct, 2018

 

That's really funny ... to me anyway! :o)))

18 Oct, 2018

 

:-) :-)

21 Oct, 2018



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