Do you use the correct language to describe...

The children in my class (Year 2) use the terms tail and fairy. I remember when I first moved to the North East and was unfamiliar with the terms - a girl in my class said that X had been showing off her fairy to everyone. My response was 'X hasn't got a fairy, what are you talking about?' It's a good job I didn't ask her to show it to me ?

We use to have a nu nu and a willy/tail, my niece currently uses mary (yes as in hairy mary, but she doesn't know that bit! thanks to her other nanny!) and willy. x Mary seems to work for us... x

Another 'front bottom' here - my Mum's words.

On a slight tangent (as always) a wee was called a 'stream' and a poo was a 'jobbie'.

I'm quite sad at this.

When I was little we used vagina and willy/penis. Yes vagina isn't anatomically correct but it is understandable and like others I prefer it to vulva. When we have children we will use the same language I expect.

I can remember my friend being horrified (at the age of about 6-7) that I called it my vagina - her name for it was a mini mousse?!

It is a shame we don't have a word like willy for female bits - I don't know why but fanny seems too adult to me for me to want to teach it to a child. I read a horrid article once about a girl who called it her 'butterfly' - she kept telling people her butterfly was hurt and no-one understood her (her father was abusing her). That for me is plenty enough reason to use 'proper' (or as close as) words for things.