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whats your family's wee inside jokes or names for things that other folk (or better - your kids) find weird and annoying? (lemmy.world)
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We’ve got a bunch and the ones that annoy the weans, like calling Jalapeños Jalpaneros in public, are our favourites.

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[–] leraje@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My dad used to do this thing where he would pronounce any word ending in 'es' to 'EZ' so an innocuous work like 'plates' became 'plat-EZ'. He extended this over time to any word with a plural so 'roads' for example became 'road-EZ'. According to family lore, this started at a terrible Italian restaurant before I was born.

At increasing levels of my age I saw this as:

  • baby - 5: This is clearly normal adult behaviour
  • 5 - 8: My dad is a comedy genius
  • 9 - 12: Alright, stop it now
  • 12+: Genuinely considering patricide.