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tubby water

English translation: water from the bathtub, water from the tub


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English term or phrase:tubby water
English translation:water from the bathtub, water from the tub
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)
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14:06 Feb 6, 2009
English to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: tubby water
Don't drink the tubby water

Thank you in advance!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 17:49
water from the bathtub, water from the tub
Explanation:
It sounds like "baby talk" or the type of speech many times used when addressing a very little boy or girl, as in 2 year old or younger.

Mike :)
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 04:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8water from the bathtub, water from the tub
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +6bathwater
ntext


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
bathwater


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ntext
United States
Local time: 03:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: As MP notes, this sounds like babytalk.
2 mins
agree  Ken Cox: and with B D Finch
7 mins
agree  Sheila Wilson: must be, I suppose, though I've never heard it before (could be AmEng - we didn't call it the bathtub)
7 mins
agree  NancyLynn: My two-year-old looks forward to her tubby-tub - and I have to ensure she doesn't drink the tubby water... ;-)
52 mins
agree  Kristina Thorne
3 hrs
agree  Patricia Townshend
3 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
water from the bathtub, water from the tub


Explanation:
It sounds like "baby talk" or the type of speech many times used when addressing a very little boy or girl, as in 2 year old or younger.

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty: Yes, and remember not to thow the baby out with it!
2 mins
  -> Well, that depends on how fussy ... - Mike :)
agree  Ken Cox: with Jack ;-)
5 mins
  -> Thank you, Ken - Mike :)
agree  NancyLynn: My two-year-old looks forward to her tubby-tub - and I have to ensure she doesn't drink the tubby water... I'm also very unlikely to throw her out with it! :-) // I'm guessing, then, that they weren't too fussy in their day!
51 mins
  -> That's great you have a two-year old - my five are between 17 and 26. Time flies by - Mike :) // At times they were fussy - as I imagine all children are. As the informal expression goes, "You gotta love 'em, but you don't gotta like 'em all the time."
agree  Kristina Thorne
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kristina - Mike :)
agree  Patricia Townshend
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Patricia - Mike :)
agree  Phong Le
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Phong - Mike :)
agree  Gunilla Zedigh
22 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gunilla - Mike :)
agree  Pham Huu Phuoc
1 day12 hrs
  -> Thank you, Pham - Mike :)
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Changes made by editors
Feb 20, 2009 - Changes made by Michael Powers (PhD):
FieldOther => Social Sciences
Field (specific)General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Feb 20, 2009 - Changes made by Michael Powers (PhD):
LevelNon-PRO => PRO
Feb 20, 2009 - Changes made by Michael Powers (PhD):
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Feb 6, 2009 - Changes made by ntext:
Field (specific)Linguistics => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Feb 6, 2009 - Changes made by Tony M:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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