Tummy or Belly?

[Deejoy17]

Hi Girls

What is the correct word for your stomach in Australia? I`m assuming it`s belly as DH has always thought I was odd calling my stomach - tummy but I`m a kiwi even though I came out to Aus with my family at 6 in 1980, I still have lots of kiwi ways and sayings, including pronunciation with vowels.

What got me thinking is I`ve taught Matthew where his TUMMY is, then I thought oh have I done the wrong thing perhaps I should be trying to change my ways and tell him it`s his belly, but that sounds foreign to me LOL

Is Matthew going to end up very confused?

Your thoughts would be appreciated

Take Care

Dee

[{sarah}]

My mum always said to us - only snakes have bellies So for me it is most definately tummy, except for a baby belly when you're pregnant

[Deejoy17]

Thanks for that Sarah - so it`s not my funny Kiwi ways as Mark would say LOL

[Lucy]

It is tummy in our house.....Olivia often tells me she has a "happy tummy" when she has eaten a lot of dinner, LOL!

Although DH calls his "stomach", and when I am pregnant I call it my belly.....

I think they are all pretty interchangable?

[Tigergirl1980]

I say belly, but I don't think it matters too much, he will understand eventually that sometimes there a a few words that mean the same thing.

[Astrolady]

we say both in this house, and both the kids understand is a being both a tummy and a belly.

Love

[nikbrad]

We use to say belly until Mackenzie came along and then tummy just came out when I started teaching her her body. I guess it just sounded cute when she says it! We still use both and she understands both.

[Liz]

I think I probably say tummy more than belly. It was my belly when I was pregnant.. I think I associate belly with something big? hehe. like beer belly?

Tallon has tummy time. And I've always said 'tummy ache'. Yeah I think I use tummy more.

[~Jo~]

We say tummy here...belly button is another thing. I can remember one time when Emmy was 18 months old and she was on one of the kiddies rides at a show and we were telling her to press the button on the little car so she proudly lifted up her shirt and pressed her belly button...lol....sorry..bit offtrack!!

Jo

[Stormi]

We say "tummy" here. IF the kids are sick they always say they have a "tummy" ache. But then we call it a belly button, not a tummy button LOL. We also refer to "beer bellies" not "beer tummies".

[{sarah}]

Oh yes, definately belly buttons & beer bellies

[Trish]

I say stomach, and I pronounce it as such. Mark thinks I'm trying to be posh or talk like a Pom, but I'm not. I just like words pronounced properly. I hate the way people say stumick. Umm with the kids though we say either tummy, belly or stomach. Much as much in this house.