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#142526 04/28/2005 2:03 PM
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A while back there was a word on A Word A Day for the practice of bouncing a child upon one's knee. I can't remember what it was even with enough clarity to look it up myself, I'm wondering if someone out there can help me.

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#142527 04/28/2005 2:51 PM
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dandle is the word I'd use.



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#142528 04/28/2005 3:58 PM
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Thank you, that's what I thought too then I looked at the AWAD word list and couldn't find it. Now I've also looked it up in my dictionary and confirmed it.

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#142529 04/29/2005 12:55 AM
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This is the way the lady rides,
a jiggety-jog, a jiggety-jog.
This is the way the gentleman rides
a clippity-cloppity, a clippity-cloppity.
This is the way the farmer rides
a hobbledee-hoy, a hobbledee-hoy.


#142530 04/29/2005 12:46 PM
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zit zit faegele
Buba backen bagele
cumt a faegele
essen baegele
macht de bubele
(while tickling child) "zit zit zit zit zit"

[zit zit little bird
grandmother bakes a little bagel
comes a little bird
eats the little bagel
'makes' the little grandmother,
"zit zit zit zit zit"]


#142531 04/29/2005 1:04 PM
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'makes' the little grandmother

"makes"?!


#142532 04/29/2005 5:27 PM
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>>'makes'?

more or less literal, first thing, on half a cup of joe

'goes,' might be more better



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