| Mumism:
Common sentences and quotations used by mother's world-wide. "Mumisms" are
genetically built into all mothers and are passed on from generation to generation.
Sometimes found in other people's speech and includes repeated use of clichés that make
one's voice sound exactly like their mother's (see mother tongue). |
See if you recognise any of these:
- "I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one!"
- "Do you think that money grows on trees?"
- "Your father is going to hear about THIS when he gets home!"
- "Do you think your clothes are going to pick themselves up?"
- "What will the neighbours think?"
- "Who'll end up walking, bathing and feeding it...?"
- "Let me kiss it and make it better..."
- "Who do you think you are?"
- "Don't you roll your eyes at me!"
- "Am I embarrassing you? Really? Am I?"
Click here for more
|
