# Your first word **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686 "2010-06-02T19:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/1 "2010-06-02T19:37:59Z")
Do you know what your first word was, when you were a baby? Was it “mama” or “papa” or something more original? According to my mother and my aunt, my first word was “pretty.” Both of my parents were artists, and so am I, so it kinda makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/2 "2010-06-02T19:44:30Z")
No. I don’t even know what the first words of my own kids were. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/3 "2010-06-02T19:44:42Z")
My first words were “red washcloth.” No joke. And I pronounced it correctly to boot. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/4 "2010-06-02T19:45:22Z")
Hot. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/5 "2010-06-02T19:46:20Z")
bottle. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/6 "2010-06-02T19:48:52Z")
There’s a family story, that I was too young to personally recall, that when our Great Aunt Viola was visiting us, my mom heard me in the yard saying “Vilola, Vilola, oh I’ll just call her Grandma”. That’s my earliest word info for myself. My daughters, I don’t remember their first words, but the oldest was a progression from interpreting attempts to actual words. The second daughter was quiet for months, then just started talking, like she’d studied it and waited til she knew how. “Red washcloth” and “pretty” are awesome first words. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/7 "2010-06-02T19:51:16Z")
Allegedly my first words were “Come on down!”, as from _The Price Is Right_. I’ve always wanted to go on TPIR just so I could tell that story. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/8 "2010-06-02T19:52:10Z")
Ball. I am told it was more like “Baaaaa!” while I pointed at the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/9 "2010-06-02T20:00:11Z")
“Bubbles” which I guess now is kind of dubious as a first word because I might have just been saying ‘ba ba ba’ while playing with bubbles in the bathtub. However, I can make up for the lameness of my own story with the fact that I recently discovered that my brother’s first word was… …“cock”. He was pointing at the timepiece on the mantle when he said that, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/10 "2010-06-02T20:05:29Z")
“Antidisestablishmentarianism.” But I pronounced it, “BLARGLE.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/11 "2010-06-02T20:31:38Z")
Mom said that my first word was “Batman!!!” ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/12 "2010-06-02T20:57:38Z")
I don’t know what my first word was, but my son’s was “hat.” Longtime joke in my family, as I began wearing hats in my late 20s due to becoming follicly challenged at that early age. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/13 "2010-06-02T21:26:30Z")
“Grapes.” I really, really, really liked grapes. Like, a LOT. I liked grapes, man. It’s an improvement, at least. Until then I tended just to point and grunt enthusiastically. It’s a wonder I’ve developed into the charming lady I am today. ---
**Author:** ![Jelly\_Roll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jelly\_Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelly_Roll)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/14 "2010-06-02T21:28:49Z")
My first word was “dada.” My daughter’s first word was “Hey” but said in a long, drawn out Southern accent that even dropped in pitch halfway through, “Heeeeey!” (which is exactly how I say it). It was much cuter than dada. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/15 "2010-06-02T21:57:56Z")
My first word was “mama”. I called everyone mama. But hey, at least I knew it was a personal title. I wasn’t just saying it randomly. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/16 "2010-06-02T21:58:48Z")
“Shit” My mom used to have a potty mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/17 "2010-06-02T22:05:33Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Allegedly my first words were “Come on down!”, as from _The Price Is Right_. I’ve always wanted to go on TPIR just so I could tell that story. So were mine. That kind of unnerves me. I always thought I was so original. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/18 "2010-06-02T22:13:32Z")
My parents don’t remember what my first words were. But I remember (I think) what Brother #1’s first words were: “sto’sign” and “te’phone”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/19 "2010-06-02T23:05:46Z")
Fuck. Mom and Dad managed an inner city Jack In The Box and often brought me to work with them when they were both called in late. Despite being imprisoned in a playpen in the store room, I could apparently hear the orders quite well… You know, it kind of annoys me now that so many men think it’s adorable when I swear. But I bet a swearing seven-month-old _isn’t_ that cute. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686/20 "2010-06-02T23:34:43Z")
Mine I have no idea but my late BiLs were “teedle teedle yah yah” which, due to context, is assumed to be “twinkle twinkle little star”. That beat mamma and papa by several weeks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-word/541686.md?page=2)