My daughter is 16 months old and she knows about the word stink. Anything that has a smell is "Stinky" to her. When she was younger we used to smell her feet and tell her she has "stinky" feet. She then began to associate smelling something with it always being stinky. So when she smells a flower she looks at us and says "Stinky!".
This is pretty cute but one day I realized I should correct her by giving her a word that meant "smells good" and I couldn't think of one! I could say it "smells good", it "has a pleasant smell", or "it's not stinky" but none of these is the opposite of stink. Stink has stench, funky, reeks, and other words but why doesn't the English language have words for something that smells good?
Would it be aroma? If it is I am still not satisfied. An aroma could be bad but a stink wouldn't be confused with being good. Perfume comes to mind but I wouldn't describe a flower as perfuming good.
Sounds "cute" enough for a small child, has broad definitions, pleasant implications, and does actually strike me as a work for a 16-month old. Plus, the partner might find it... who knows, at least bright.:p
I think fragrant was the word I was looking for. Although she speaks pretty well for her age "F"s are a bid hard. It would probably sound like "rayget" if she said it.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
This is pretty cute but one day I realized I should correct her by giving her a word that meant "smells good" and I couldn't think of one! I could say it "smells good", it "has a pleasant smell", or "it's not stinky" but none of these is the opposite of stink. Stink has stench, funky, reeks, and other words but why doesn't the English language have words for something that smells good?
Would it be aroma? If it is I am still not satisfied. An aroma could be bad but a stink wouldn't be confused with being good. Perfume comes to mind but I wouldn't describe a flower as perfuming good.
Comments?
So while we don't have a good single word for it, she still has to learn how to say "smells good" or whatnot.
Sounds "cute" enough for a small child, has broad definitions, pleasant implications, and does actually strike me as a work for a 16-month old. Plus, the partner might find it... who knows, at least bright.:p
I like 4/4s for 7.