Granddaughters

Our 5 year old GD calls her bits her foofoo.

My grandmother was a Devonshire lass, one of about 10 siblings, and used to work as a midwife before she married. She used to tell us about delivering babies in barns. When she used to bath me when I was very small she would ask me if I had washed (imagine broad Devon accent) "down in under!"

One of my DD's friends always refers to her bits as her "wiggy."

yes thanks stansgran, Im ok but its a long day just sitting at home in cse I get an infection. I just stay away from people, I do still look after dgd but I cant take her out in case I meet germs. but its a small price to pay for (hopefully) my health I the future.

Etheltbags I was thinking about you and hoping you were doing well.

'we refer to our bits as 'bits' but my friend always says 'Mary' ie; 'I was washing Mary'
could be worse I suppose..

Me too janeainsworth (as in caught with his trollies 'round his ankles).

BTW my youngest DGD refers to her little brothers undies as his underknickerpants

I thought trollies were knickers Glamma!

Apparently not Ana Bl**dy scruff !

DGD (12) refers to her "girly bits" whilst DGS (11) has always referred to his "trollies" we have no idea where he got it from

You mean she didn't wash under her arms??

Family!!

Always been a nunnie (noonie?) in our familu

I remember an old work colleague saying that she was in so much of a rush one morning that she could only manage a quick of wash of the 3 F's. I admit to having to think about it !

Ruby perhaps that's where the phrase 'not on your nellie' comes from. Never thought of that.

Also presumably deflowering a young girl derives from some people referring to their bits as their flower.... never heard of that either.

We always just refer to our bottoms!

It was always "nellie" when I was growing up.

This reminds me of a time hundreds of years ago when my two DC were in the bath together. My DS (age probably around 4) looked at his younger sister and asked why she looked different to him. A brief explanation followed then he said "so she's just the same as me, just inside out"

BTW it's "bits" in our family too

When DGD was a baby her mother referred to her 'lady parts'. Don't know if that is still the phrase used.

Sarah Millican says 'nunnie'. It must be a Geordie thing as well as a London one!

Cari , puts a whole new light on Morris dancers, jingling their bells and whacking their sticks as they sing "with a hey nunnie no"

(yes, I know it's probably "nonnie" in those old folk songs............)

My littlest calls hers, her flower, and my other dgds used to use 'precious' when they were little.
When I was small it was 'tuppence' or as my mum used to say "keep yer'and on yer 'appenny'!

What a dreadful thing to do to a child Anya. Your immediate connection will of course be, robbing banks mine, on the other hand......

That's exactly right whenim64, the draw round me body always got participants talking about the consent issues around our bodies. I can't remember a course when a new name for male and female bits wasn't learned (by the tutors anyway). Mum was a Manchester lass and we always had front and back bottoms.

Galen you had a goldfish called Lysistrata ?

Slightly off thread, but Agus jogged a memory. I once taught a boy called Robin Banks. I mean, who'd do that to a child?