making a sound ... to let a baby pee /urinate [word?]
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I'd say make a hissing sound to make a baby pee.
Does this actually work?
Does this actually work?
Perhaps this is an act for which it would be proper to create a new word, or give an existing word a new meaning, for example,
sizz (v)
help (a baby) urinate by making an elongated 's' sound: Grandma said I'd have to sizz the baby.
help (a baby) urinate by making an elongated 's' sound: Grandma said I'd have to sizz the baby.
I'd say make a hissing sound to make a baby pee.
Does this actually work?
ye, it's possible but I think it's too long.
Thanks
Can we use something shorter?
Thanks
I checked up this verb but I could not find it in Oxford Dictionary Online.
Is it a new word?
Is it true that we don't have a word for this sense?Thanks
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It is a new word, and it is true that we don't have a word for this particular sense. As far as I know, it's not a common practice in English speaking countries, and I don't know exactly what sound you make.I checked up this verb but I could not find it in Oxford Dictionary Online.
Is it a new word?
Thanks
EStjarn's suggestion is good, because once I know what it is supposed to mean, I quickly see that it represents the sound of pee hitting something hard. You would have to explain the idea first, but then you could use the word and people would understand it, I think.
Why would you do this in the first place? I'm struggling to understand the concept.
Toilet training perhaps?
People have various methods to try to get a child to pee while on the toilet. It is just that I have never heard of this one.
Why not just ring a bell? lol
I'd say make a hissing sound to make a baby pee.
Does this actually work?
I've usually found that they need no encouragement at all to do this.
As for toilet training - surely you wait 'til the child is past the baby stage before there is any point in trying to do this?
Rover
It's familiar to me, though for children, not for babies - something to do with potty-training. (Surely you're not remembering that far back, Loob?) Another method is turning on a tap
.The sound, is a long-drawn-out Psssssssssssssss....
I'm sure there isn't a word. Perhaps vphuocloc could just use "say Pssssssss", assuming the context makes clear the purpose of the sound
.EDIT: I just found this on Wiki:
The Wiki article uses "baby" rather than "child" partly (I think) because it's talking about babies being taught to 'eliminate' from a very young age.
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Making a sound "sssssss" to let the baby (or even children) pee is a practice in my country, Viet Nam, so that the baby shouldn't pee on the bed. In Vietnamese, we say "xi" /sI/. And I don't know how to put it in English but I think we have something in common for the basic one like this whatever culture we are in.
Let me give a list of suggestions that you all have made so far in order of length.
1. sizz/zizz the baby
2. say psssss to the baby
3. make hissing sounds to make the baby pee (too long ^^)
ok?
Thanks for all of your help.
Let me give a list of suggestions that you all have made so far in order of length.
1. sizz/zizz the baby
2. say psssss to the baby
3. make hissing sounds to make the baby pee (too long ^^)
ok?
Thanks for all of your help.
Make 'psssss' sounds to the baby to encourage it to pee. I like that one best because if you add an I it sounds like piss.
Hermione
Hermione
I started o read this thread, but your reply struck me and before reading any further I am replying.
Your word sounds interesting. Is it your creation?
Great creation!
I liked it and I'm ready to use it like the way you suggested.
But is it understandable to native speakers?
I liked it and I'm ready to use it like the way you suggested.
But is it understandable to native speakers?
I mean the one is being discussed--the hissing sound.
The hissing sound isn't a word - that's why Estjarn invented a word for it
.I suppose someone who had used the sound as a potty-training cue might use it for comic effect if she wanted her husband to pee. I don't suppose the situation arises very often, though.
Make the husband sit in warm water? A glass of beer or cup of tea is enough, surely!
The sound I prefer is "ssswoo, ssswooo, ssswoo, ssswoo."
Edit: The sound is for toddlers being trained, not husbands.