[lbo-talk] language

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Jul 10 06:42:01 PDT 2006


Eric Beck wrote:
>
> >Sooo...what do you call a boy infant's genital package, assuming
> >that's the word/phrase he will probably pick up? "Penis" sounds too
> >clinical; "cock," too sexual; "wee-wee," too goofy.
>
> Weird. I was just thinking about our choices a few hours ago. We
> opted for "penis" and "vagina." I didn't care for the sterility of
> the words either, but they sidestep both the baby-talk and the
> slangy,

But as several posters have now pointed out, baby talk is in fact important.

Carrol



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