[Magdalen] All in the family

[Marion Thompson]

'Hittomapompanus'  for hippopotamus  (courtesy of my son Chris when he 
was small)

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/8/2015 11:06 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
> "Applesnot" (applesauce)
> Answering "I've got a question" by saying "42"
> "And there was much rejoicing" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail
> "Beaver fangs" for "I'm proud of you" or "congratulations" (long story involving the Canadian comedy "Men with Brooms")
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> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
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>> On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have racked my brain today about this sort of 'inside family vocab' and couldn't think of any... Ginga's post suddenly reminded me of 2:
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>> fufume  - my son Nathan's description of perfume when he was about 2
>> and frinkling - also Nathan, to describe light rain/sprinkling
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>> both of these words stayed in the family vocabulary for years and I still use frinkling and have introduced it to a close friend who often shares sudden outside sprinkles with me, so it lives on!
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>> there are a few others itching to surface on my brain, if I remember them I'll post again : )
>> Lynn
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>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk by Richard Rohr
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>> From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 8:06 PM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] All in the family
>>
>>> Ginny Wilder tried to say 'good news!' in her excited state.  She spoke,
>>> "New Goose!"  This stuck.  It's reserved for the best of the best news.
>>>
>>> Ginga
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> I was the progenitor of cottontail forks.
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>>>> Peace,
>>>> Jo
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>>>> <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Today while making a shopping list I put something on it that made me
>>>>>> think
>>>>>> about words families use among themselves that people outside don't get
>>>>>> because they're "family" words, mostly made up within the family,
>>>>>> sometimes
>>>>>> by the children when they are small and sometimes otherwise.
>>>>>>
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