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Pinky Swear
Great article and video! (as always) I remember hearing Double Dutch back in elementary school and never being able to understand WTF people were saying. I guess I wasn't part of the 'in' crowd who was taught/shown/explained the secret code, so for that I thank you for breaking it down. However, I don't think I could ever master it as well as you and your sister. ONG - Never heard of it until your article. Interesting code, but way to difficult to truly follow at a fast pace. The one David suggested - again, never heard of it..but I'm with you...too difficult to learn, understand and follow without some personal instruction. igpay atinlay - Now that was my code of choice back in the day, but it seemed everybody understood it so it defeated the purpose of being a 'secret' code or language. I think in today's culture secret verbal codes have been lost to the ease text messaging. Rebecca and I have used texting during social gatherings both with friends and family to communicate secretly and it is much easier to keep things private. When asked "what are you doing?" we simple respond with "Tweeting" or "Barb posted a tweet" or something along those lines. Thanks again for a great column! Talk with you soon! Charley— December 17, 2009 5:01 a.m.
Comfy Cozy
Great article! I had a small to medium size collection of "stuffed friends" (didn't like the term stuffed animals either, but that was the lingo back in the late 70's/early 80's). I say a small to medium collection because this is all relative to the person whose collection it is. I had a friend who had over a 100 friends and she called it medium. My stuffed friend count was about 10-12, but really there are only 2 that I connected with. One was a "clown" like doll that my aunt (mother's sister) made for me when I born named "Pun-yok" (never knew how to spell it) but I was told it is the Czech work for "clown" He went everywhere with me, and yes, somewhere in a box in storage, I still have him, which is an amazing feat considering I had an apartment fire in November 2007 and lost some memory items...The second was a bear that my father received for free when he opened a checking account. (they did that a lot in the early 80's) I don't remember the name, but the bear was located at my dads house (parents split when I was 3) - What saddens me the most is that when my father was evicted when I was in my early teens, I lost a ton of my stuffed friends and other various toys and clothes because he choose to leave most everything behind and did not fight for any of it...— August 5, 2009 4:34 p.m.