4.24.2006
this ain't your mother's binky
More news on the schnuller front: I'm now told that the word has also become German slang for "penis." (I'm forgoing the obvious jokes to be made here.) However, in the course of further investigation, I have found other languages' words for pacifier:
Dutch: fopspeen, vredestichter; French: sucette, tétine; Italian: succhiotto, ciuccio; Spanish: chupete, pacificador, apaciguador; Portuguese: chupeta
and, perhaps bringing us full circle:
Russian: соска.
(I know, I know, those are cyrillic letters, that's not how it's pronounced, but how could I resist?)
Dutch: fopspeen, vredestichter; French: sucette, tétine; Italian: succhiotto, ciuccio; Spanish: chupete, pacificador, apaciguador; Portuguese: chupeta
and, perhaps bringing us full circle:
Russian: соска.
(I know, I know, those are cyrillic letters, that's not how it's pronounced, but how could I resist?)
