On 19 Jun 2016 14:30:17 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2016-06-19, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
> > On 6/19/2016 10:11 AM, l not -l wrote:
>
> >> nom nom.
>
> > Nooo!
>
> Why someone thinks "num-num" is only fer Turkish children, "is a puzzlement".

Ditto.
>
> I'd say most any parents of an infant/newborn use "num-num" as a "baby
> talk" fer "yum-yum". I know my ex and I both used "num-num" with our
> baby daughter. We're both CA-born "whitey's" with zero affiliation to
> any Islamic culture. I don't even speak whichever language births
> "nom-nom". 8|
>
I used to say num-num to my babies too. I'd never heard "nom-nom"
before Pandora came to rfc, so I assumed it's Italian. Ophelia has
lived all over Europe and slightly beyond, so she's probably the best
one to pinpoint it.

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