Curious

[~mommy~]

I know this is off topic, But Im curious where you are all from, and what some of the slang means. I can guess some of it, like nappy = diaper...But sometimes Im lost. Anyone care to help me out beings I will be on this forum from now on.... I feel so dumb...

But also, I just wanna know where everyone is from.

I am from Alberta Canada....

 

[Serene123]

UK

What do you want to know?

 

[~mommy~]

haha...I dunno...what everything is

cot
dummy
vest
all the slang

 

[1st_baby]

There is a section on here that helped me too lol I had no idea what things meant

https://www.babyandbump.com/forum-help-testing-area/730-babyandbump-lingo-abbreviations.html

Im from montreal, canada

 

[~mommy~]

Perfect, thanks!!!!

 

[Serene123]

dummy = pacifier

 

[coz]

cot = i think you may call that a crib ?

 

[~mommy~]

oh ok, makes sense. thanks!

 

[princess_bump]

i'm from england about 1hour outside london
i too sometimes find the slang and differences hard to get used to, be its so interesting

cot - crib
dummy - pacifer
vest - baby's vests are these things
https://www.mothercare.com/Motherca...ing=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=42764041&mcb=core - put maddi in one under her clothes

anything else ask away x

 

[~mommy~]

Oh ok, over here we call thoe onesies. I think the slang around the world is neat actually

 

[Chel]

Oh ok, over here we call thoe onesies. I think the slang around the world is neat actually

I'm Australian, we'd call it a onesies also! Also we'd called it a grow suit... but onesies more often I think.

 

[Ratty]

I'm from Cape Town, South Africa.

Onesies was one that confused me. Here we call it a babygrow.

 

[Alexas Mommy]

Oh ok, over here we call thoe onesies. I think the slang around the world is neat actually

I'm Australian, we'd call it a onesies also! Also we'd called it a grow suit... but onesies more often I think.

I always called those diaper shirts lol


I am from Nova Scotia, Canada

 

[Sarah88]

I'm from Australia.

 

[nikky0907]

Oh ok, over here we call thoe onesies. I think the slang around the world is neat actually

I know what you mean
I'm from US and I remember mentioning onesies once on here and people went blank!

But being on this forum for so long I'm actually picking up and using more British terms than american!