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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is awesome! The knowledge that the people that would judge me for a linguistic quirk, before getting to know me, might want to self-select out of my life is fabulous! Please keep right on doing that  :D ! I do and will happily continue using words like boobies and "littles" as a noun, because a) I'm a grown-ass woman, who could care less about insulting someone's delicate auditory sensibilities; and b) as a general rule, I prefer to spend my time around people that judge each other on more substantive stuff than word choice. Larla tosses poppies into traffic as a family-bonding exercise = not someone I'd choose to befriend. Larla is a sweet person and we share many interests, but she pronounces "door" as "doah" -- I could give a flying fudgecicle. [/quote]

You are being overly simplistic, these words and phrases are reflective of the kind of person who chooses to use them. For example, insisting that your child refer to you as “pater” or “mere” when you are from Fairfax, is more than just word choice.  It’s contrived and pretentious.  As is the use of the term “spirited” when your child is tearing apart a book at the library.  Context needs to be considered here. [/quote]

I kinda hate families where the kids call the father "papa" if they're not like german or something.[/quote]

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