Before revision: or to 'respond with a similar "Sweetheart" type anecdote about the husband, saying in effect, "You have a dirty face too, dear"'.Berne, p. 94-5 French has all kinds of interesting terms of endearment, including a rather odd assortment of barnyard animals...[like] mon canard (my duck)'Laura K. Lawless, "French Terms of Endearment" – something which may be compared to the British 'baby talk...duckie'.Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams (2004) p. 284 Literary anecdotes In C. P. Snow's Last Things, the narrator's wife, faced with their son's unconventional marriage, turns to her husband and says: " 'Tell me, Lewis' (actually she used a pet name which meant she needed me) 'is that a real marriage?'
After revision: or to 'respond with a similar "Sweetheart" type anecdote about the husband, saying in effect, "You have a dirty face too, dear"'.Berne, p. 94-5 French has all kinds of interesting terms of endearment, including a rather odd assortment of barnyard animals...[like] mon canard (my duck)'Laura K. Lawless, "French Terms of Endearment" – something which may be compared to the British 'baby talk...duckie'.Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams (2004) p. Literary anecdotes In C. P. Snow's Last Things, the narrator's wife, faced with their son's unconventional marriage, turns to her husband and says: " 'Tell me, Lewis' (actually she used a pet name which meant she needed me) 'is that a real marriage?'