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Sunday, September 22, 2024

[LISTEN] The Smile Breakfast Dictionary of Alternative Words

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After visiting a friend and hearing one of her kids refer to ice blocks as “water bricks” Lindy wanted to know if anyone else in Cape Town has adopted alternative names for things around the house because of what one of the kids called it.

These are now water bricksWe do all seem to have those words we’ve given to everyday objects thanks to the kids:

There are also alternative names given to food items:

When you forget about certain names for body parts, trust the kids to give you some ideas:

But it’s not only the adults who seem to get creative about alternative names for things around the house:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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