Saying "day day" to a child

dbnavan

Where did this annoying nonsensical phrase come from, I have a 18 month old and I hate people using "baby words" but this one really annoys me.

WindSock

America?




*Ducks and runs for cover

dbnavan

WindSock wrote: »

America?




*Ducks and runs for cover

ROFLMAO, no I think the dubs cant deny this one

Sgt Hartman

dbnavan wrote: »

Where did this annoying nonsensical phrase come from, I have a 18 month old and I hate people using "baby words" but this one really annoys me.

I agree, it really sounds stupid. "Day-Day Cian, Day-Day". I could punch someone for saying that to my nephew.

Exit

WindSock wrote: »

America?




*Ducks and runs for cover

Doesn't exist over this side of the world. Fairly sure it's an Irish thing.

Karoma

D-Day; it's preparation for the war of the babies. You wouldn't understand.

lol

Toto Wolfcastle

Day day is the reason that, if I have kids, my mother will be banned from seeing them. It's amazing that I'm able to speak properly. That woman spouts a lot of baby-talk.

Sherifu

dbnavan wrote: »

Where did this annoying nonsensical phrase come from, I have a 18 month old and I hate people using "baby words" but this one really annoys me.

You're tackling the big issues lately.

Imagine using baby talk on babies.

deisemum

This has been around in Ireland for years long before the influence of "foreign" tv. There are plenty of other babyish gobbledegook words around

Xavi6

I thought it was just a childish way of saying "Good day".

constitutionus

heard a program on this on the radio a few weeks back. apparently its a throw back to our cavemen days when they reckon music was apart of our day to day speach (the program itself was an investigation to WHY we sing at all) and it seems babies respond to lyrical tones and notes much more readily than standard speach. hence the whole " goo ,goo , ga ga" " 'noty nose" crap ADULTS speak to kids which is invariably done in a singsong way.

think about it, i reckon the majority of you that said "day day" to a kid did it in a high pitched almost camp way. (and probably waving like an idiot too )

theres supposed to be a whole host of this crap hardwired into us on a near genetic level so we cant blame the yanks on this one

boy_wonder

dbnavan wrote: »

ROFLMAO, no I think the dubs cant deny this one

Personally id rather be caught using "day day" as opposed ro ROFLMAO and the like!!!:mad:

nesf

dbnavan wrote: »

Where did this annoying nonsensical phrase come from, I have a 18 month old and I hate people using "baby words" but this one really annoys me.

Why hate people using baby words? Do you communicate with your child through quotes from Joyce or something?


"Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming
down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road
met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo..."

dbnavan

nesf wrote: »

Why hate people using baby words? Do you communicate with your child through quotes from Joyce or something?

No I dont :rollseyes: I speak to him using simple phrases that make sense... ie " Do you want a drink" not "Do you want a boppie(bottle)" or "Its time to go home" not "Its time to go day day"

Why teach baby talk, and then have to correct it when they get older, just teach them the proper words to start with.


Surprised by you always regarded you with someone who had a bit cop on

MooseJam

yea baby talk is cute down with the nay sayers

Demonique

nesf wrote: »

Why hate people using baby words? Do you communicate with your child through quotes from Joyce or something?

No, but children aren't stupid and some children don't like being talked to like their idiots. When I saw six my aunt's husband asked me if I want to "shake handies with him", I just gave him a looked at him as if he spouted two heads.

He asked my the same thing when I was 12, ***king tard.



What's wrong with using adult words to speak to your children. What's wrong with saying "bye bye" instead of "day day". Heaven forbids your child will learn to speak properly at an earlier age

MooseJam

Demonique wrote: »

Heaven forbids your child will learn to speak properly at an earlier age

lol - try reading that post you just made

nesf

dbnavan wrote: »

No I dont :rollseyes: I speak to him using simple phrases that make sense... ie " Do you want a drink" not "Do you want a boppie(bottle)" or "Its time to go home" not "Its time to go day day"

Why teach baby talk, and then have to correct it when they get older, just teach them the proper words to start with.


Surprised by you always regarded you with someone who had a bit cop on

You missed the baby talk in the Joyce quote...

kizzyr

Demonique wrote: »

No, but children aren't stupid and some children don't like being talked to like their idiots. When I saw six my aunt's husband asked me if I want to "shake handies with him", I just gave him a looked at him as if he spouted two heads.

He asked my the same thing when I was 12, ***king tard.



What's wrong with using adult words to speak to your children. What's wrong with saying "bye bye" instead of "day day". Heaven forbids your child will learn to speak properly at an earlier age

Too right. The adult can alter the tone and pitch of their voice to make it more suitable for the baby but to use silly baby speak like "lets go night night" and other such silly stuff is crazy.

nesf

Demonique wrote: »

No, but children aren't stupid and some children don't like being talked to like their idiots. When I saw six my aunt's husband asked me if I want to "shake handies with him", I just gave him a looked at him as if he spouted two heads.

He asked my the same thing when I was 12, ***king tard.



What's wrong with using adult words to speak to your children. What's wrong with saying "bye bye" instead of "day day". Heaven forbids your child will learn to speak properly at an earlier age

My son (18 months) finds it amusing when people use nonsense words (or German or French, which he would, understandably class with nonsense ). He understands proper English/Irish commands etc, but it's all a bit of fun when someone talks jibberish. Baby talk is fine, so long as it isn't the sole means of communication with the kid.

Heaven forbid having a bit of fun with the kid.

Gordon

dbnavan wrote: »

No I dont :rollseyes: I speak to him using simple phrases that make sense... ie " Do you want a drink" not "Do you want a boppie(bottle)" or "Its time to go home" not "Its time to go day day"

Why teach baby talk, and then have to correct it when they get older, just teach them the proper words to start with.


Surprised by you always regarded you with someone who had a bit cop on

I don't do baby talk either but there is a flip side to this.

Why teach kids that Santa Clause exists only to dash their dreams later and teach them otherwise?

Kenjd

As far as i can see most kids these days are too busy going around with soothers in their mouths so you cant understand what they are saying anyway!
We make a conscious effort not too use baby talk as its a bit crap really!! My mates kids says diddilio or something to that effect when she wants her bottle/drink?? I thought the kid said dildo...broke my sides laughing ...the mother wasn't impressed!! ah well.

On a slightly different note: I saw a kid the other day being pushed around in a buggie, about 5 years of age, soother in mouth (aaaaaahhhhhh) and with a portable dvd player in its lap! FFS, I'd love to punch some of these parents!

dbnavan

Kenjd wrote: »

On a slightly different note: I saw a kid the other day being pushed around in a buggie, about 5 years of age, soother in mouth (aaaaaahhhhhh) and with a portable dvd player in its lap! FFS, I'd love to punch some of these parents!

This kinda reminds me of a story my mother told me recently, less the DVD.... As I born with Cerebral Palsy I couldnt walk till I was 6, much later on long distances, anyway at the age of about my mam, my sister and I went into a shop and my sister who was about 4 was complaining that she was tierd of walking and the lady behind the counter looked at me an said "Get up you lazy lump and let your sister in the buggy", before my mother could get a word out, I just looked at here and said "I would if I could but I am disabled". Mam said she never saw so many emotions run through someones face in 10 seconds. The lady hadnt a clue what to say.

Sangre

Baby talk is extremely useful in teaching babies in speech development and helping them form vowel sounds.

nesf

Sangre wrote: »

Baby talk is extremely useful in teaching babies in speech development and helping them form vowel sounds.

Pfft, next you'll be saying that not correcting their onomatopoeic words for objects is a good thing.

Earthhorse

People who use baby talk, or allow their children to be exposed to baby talk, are bad parents basically and should have their children taken off them.

Gordon wrote: »

Why teach kids that Santa Clause exists only to dash their dreams later and teach them otherwise?

Seeing the looks on their little faces when the find out is one of high points of parenthood.

wil

Demonique wrote: »

No, but children aren't stupid and some children don't like being talked to like their idiots. When I saw six my aunt's husband asked me if I want to "shake handies with him", I just gave him a looked at him as if he spouted two heads.

He asked my the same thing when I was 12, ***king tard.



What's wrong with using adult words to speak to your children. What's wrong with saying "bye bye" instead of "day day". Heaven forbids your child will learn to speak properly at an earlier age

LOL
Is this an example of the babytalk you are referring to or an illustration of the effect it had on your speech?
I'd understand if you had only just turned 13.

wil

Earthhorse wrote: »

People who use baby talk, or allow their children to be exposed to baby talk, are bad parents basically and should have their children taken off them.



Seeing the looks on their little faces when the find out is one of high points of parenthood.

Such tolerance. Spoken like a true extremist.

Likewise adults who claim to have progressed beyond baby-typing but patently demonstrate otherwise should have their keyboards taken away and crushed (though not necessarily in that order).

Earthhorse

wil wrote: »

Such tolerance. Spoken like a true extremist.

Ta ta.

wil

Earthhorse wrote: »

Ta ta.

da da?

Kold

What does bobba mean? I've seen it several times in shops, they think it's cute to give the kid the money and tell it to give it to the 'bobba'.

Earthhorse

wil wrote: »

da da?

Uh oh...

phasers

my mother blames baby talk for the rising rates of illiteracy in children

constitutionus

Kold wrote: »

What does bobba mean? I've seen it several times in shops, they think it's cute to give the kid the money and tell it to give it to the 'bobba'.

the poor adult is probably just confused because theyve stumbled into a conversation between the kids over whos better, jango or bobba.

its obviouse really,bobba gets it every time.

wil

Earthhorse wrote: »

Uh oh...

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Day day.

Kold

constitutionus wrote: »

the poor adult is probably just confused because theyve stumbled into a conversation between the kids over whos better, jango or bobba.

its obviouse really,bobba gets it every time.

Boba is just a clone. Only thing he has over Jango is the suit..

wil

phasers wrote: »

my mother blames baby talk for the rising rates of illiteracy in children

And the decreasing rates of punctuation in adults.

Creamy Goodness

christ if this bothers you so much i'd hate to hear what a real problem does to you.

lostexpectation

but why day day?

I make a conscious effort to talk in a normal voice to my nephews and nieces, sometimes i lapse into a higher pitch but..

dlofnep

I quite like the whole day-day thing. It's mellow and happy.

rubadub

dbnavan wrote: »

No I dont :rollseyes: I speak to him using simple phrases that make sense... ie " Do you want a drink" not "Do you want a boppie(bottle)" or "Its time to go home" not "Its time to go day day"

Why teach baby talk, and then have to correct it when they get older, just teach them the proper words to start with.

So why do you say boppie and not bottle? EDIT: sorry, see now you do not say it.

I see no real harm, I always thought people used words that a baby might be able to say/repeat easily. I have heard dada is easier for a baby to say than mama. A child possibly said boppie trying to repeat bottle. Some kids might not be able to say "thank you", or thanks, so they are taught ta-ta at first, recognising they should say something when they get something.

Has anyone seen the new Tellytubby-esque show on RTE two. It's on in the afternoon I think. I watched it once and its more or less filled with "Whacky Lacky Bicky Backy".

rubadub

Deleted User wrote: »

"Whacky Lacky Bicky Backy".

Thats what they were smoking when they came up with tellytubbies

Dudess

LOL

phasers wrote: »

my mother blames baby talk for the rising rates of illiteracy in children

But babytalk isn't a new thing. I'd be more inclined to blame textspeak.

Personally I'd feel like an eejit if I was using babytalk.

Red Hand

Dudess wrote: »

LOL

But babytalk isn't a new thing. I'd be more inclined to blame textspeak.

Personally I'd feel like an eejit if I was using babytalk.

No you wouldy wouldn't, you'd be a weally goody woody booboos at it!:)

dazberry

Deleted User wrote: »

Has anyone seen the new Tellytubby-esque show on RTE two. It's on in the afternoon I think. I watched it once and its more or less filled with "Whacky Lacky Bicky Backy".

It was probably In the Night Garden. I work with a girl who has an 18 month old and all I hear about is Upsy Daisy, Igglepiggle, Makka Pakka etc... In contrast a friend has a child of a similar age and they don't let him watch TV - and well my friend can talk about normal things...

I reckon those programmes make parents thick.

D.

deisemum

dazberry wrote: »

It was probably In the Night Garden. I work with a girl who has an 18 month old and all I hear about is Upsy Daisy, Igglepiggle, Makka Pakka etc... In contrast a friend has a child of a similar age and they don't let him watch TV - and well my friend can talk about normal things...


D.

These so called baby words were around a long time before daytime tv. Back in the 1960's when I was a ba ba there was sod all tv during the day, as it was only RTE1 tv didn't start until mid-afternoon and The Magic Roundabout and Wanderly Wagon were the main children's programmes back then.

Toto Wolfcastle

rubadub wrote: »

So why do you say boppie and not bottle?

Actually I think the poster said he/she says bottle NOT boppie.

I've never heard boppie for bottle, just ba ba. I'm sure my mother spoke to me like that, but I turned out ok, managed to get a degree in English and not a ba ba in sight these days!

I think text talk is more damaging than baby talk.

rubadub

janeybabe wrote: »

Actually I think the poster said he/she says bottle NOT boppie.

I've never heard boppie for bottle, just ba ba. I'm sure my mother spoke to me like that, but I turned out ok, managed to get a degree in English and not a ba ba in sight these days!

aha, I see that now, misread it. I thought ba ba was a baby, not a bottle. Off now to skull a few boppies down the pubby wubby.

Dudess

+1. I've yet to hear a person who hasn't grown out of speaking in babytalk.