As you read further, you will see that a lot has been weighing on my mind this morning. I've been thinking about pacifiers (like the one pictured above). There are so many different names for them. WHY?! IT'S PANDEMONIUM!!!
I have always called the above a binky. To some people, it's a paci. Now paci (pronounced PASS-EY) sounds creepy to me. Maybe my mind is in the gutter, but I don't like that word. I'm sticking with binky.
Some people call it a bo-bo or a nu-nu. Why? I'm not sure. Maybe their kids aren't advanced enough to have perfectly polished their pronunciation of 'pacifier,' 'binky' or 'paci' (the 'c' sound can be hard some times). My guess is that parents who call pacifiers anything besides 'binky'or 'paci' are real overachiever types. Maybe they like to think of themselves as real creative or leaders rather than followers. They're the type that fancy themselves on "straying from the crowd." They don't want to call the pacifier some typical name. They want to call it a do-do or a loo-ha or a hee-haw. They are the same people who would never settle for calling grandparents Grams or Gramps. Forget about Gramma and Grandpa. They might even resist Me-Maw and Pe-Paw (which I don't really blame them).
Either way, I just wanted to write this out to reflect on the names of pacifiers. Maybe I've shed some light on the subject?
I always called it a poo poo. Y I don't know. Everyone in my family calls it a poo poo. And as for grandparents mine our nana and pappy. Or sometimes we will say it in polish
Posted by: Rachel | October 25, 2009 at 09:38 PM