Baby Talk

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Poll question: Baby Talk

[Iggo]

1. No, no, no, no, no!

No effin baby talk1 ESPECIALLY to babies! AAAAaaaarrrrgggghhhh! Sheesh! Gah!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. not to pets, either?

:shrug:

[Iggo]

24. Alright. I'll give you pets.

But let's call it Pet talk.

[soleiri]

3. absolutely yes

Yes to babies and pets (if you want).
That is if by baby talk you mean child-directed speech (motherese),
that sing song exaggerated speech that parents naturally do in most cultures.

There are several reasons for it;
It teaches babies the phonetic elements of the parent' language,
it's melody gets the baby's attention,
It's simplistic language, repetition and short phrases promote modeling.

who wuvs da baby talk? I wuvs da baby talk!

btw, this is only applicable to human babies, fur babies look at you like you are crazy.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. hmmmm...interesting

my friend told me last week...to quit doing it to her pets. It got me to wondering about it.

I talk it to my cats and it does not bother them. It didn't bother hers either...they did have kind of a hypnotized glaze about the eyes though...

Look how many of us do it to our fubabies.

[redqueen]

28. Even fur babies might have the same response to high-pitched voices.

I remember reading that babies respond more positively to high pitches in general.

[Heidi]

4. I'll tell ya what drives me absolutely nuts:

it's women who automatically resort to "little girl talk" or "baby talk" in the presence of men. It just gags me. :puke:

[bluesbassman]

6. Your stock just went up again Heidi.

:pals:

[Heidi]

8. I try to be tolerant of others' behaviors,

because I realize that there probably are whole histories behind the "little girl voice" thing, but I just have to remove myself from the situation when I hear it. It truly triggers my gag reflex, as mean as that may sound. x(

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. amen to that !!

:toast: :puke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. 'If icky baby don't learn about the football signals, icky baby gonna cwy.'

"If icky girl keep on talking that way, big stwong man's gonna kick all of her teef wight down her fwoat."

[Heidi]

14. !

:*

:yourock:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. If I rocked, I'd remember the whole bit

It's not like I've seen the movie less than 15 times. :crazy:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. your recall is amazing to me

good to see you :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. I could remember only the last exchange

Well, and the first one:


"You know, Professor, I've never seen football signals. Do you think a girl like me could understand them?"

"I think a girl like you could understand practically anything."


But there's no baby talk in that one. :shrug:



Oh, wait — the next one's something like, "Is the big, strong man gonna teach icky baby about the bad football signals?"

"Was that you or the duck? Because if it was you, I'm (something) with the duck."



Then there's the great one-liner, "I was gonna get a flat bottom, but the girl at the boathouse didn't have one." :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. that last one

:D

I really do need to sign off and get some sleep. Good to see you tonight :hug:

[RandomThoughts]

23. Be careful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvcqt_4NOds

baby might do something unexpected. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfg97-5uhFQ

[redqueen]

26. Yes! Even just the girl voice... that drives me up the frickin wall on it's own.

Not sure if by "little girl talk" you meant actually talking like an idiot... or just using a high-pitched, childish voice. I can't stand either.

[Heidi]

27. What I mean is the "little girl voice" accompanied by giggling and dumbass bouncing around

when a male approaches or joins a conversation. They all seem to go together to trigger my gag reflex. Sorry I wasn't clear. :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

7. People who talk like that to their lovers/spouses/SO's worry me.

Why would you talk to an adult like a baby? Infantilizing somebody you're presumably sexually attracted to is kinda gross.

[soleiri]

9. agreed

add to that calling someone you're intimate with mami or papi really freaks me out.

oh papi! oh gross.

:puke:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. beats the shit out of me...

although nicknames and pet names are not soooobad, right?

[MrSlayer]

12. I never talked baby talk to my kids.

Or to anyone. But around my cats I become a baby talking idiot. I sing stupid songs that I make up for them and call them by ridiculous names. I have no idea what that's about. The cats seem indifferent to it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. me too

:blush: :shrug:

Mine are also getting loved on at the same time so I never noticed them being indifferent...

my friends dog and cat appeared (to me) to be mesmerized by it...My friend hated it and said they didn't understand it (yeah, like they understand me any way...)

I did talk baby to the babies...not nearly as bad as I do my kitties though.

[Lucian]

15. I hate baby talk so much it's worse than nails across a chalkboard.

Seriously.

[rucky]

17. Awww. Are you a pretty poll? Yes you are!

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. All around the world.. I said listen listen what I say now........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWvghf_6ueY

[redqueen]

25. To pets & babies, yes. Anyone else, NO! (nt)