[Ads-l] Language and children; flee/flea. Was: Antedating of Flea

[David Metevia]

I have often heard blood shot eyes referred to as pitch red.

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 9:35 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
wrote:

> A linguist friend of mine reported hearing a young girl in a clothing
> store say, "I want a pitch-white dress".
>
> My son when he was around five decided that the appliance in the laundry
> room, by analogy with the dryer next to it, had to be the "wetter".  He
> also had his own term for diarrhea: "water poop".
>
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