On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:53:34 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I hate it when adults tell kids the wrong name for things. For instance, my
>> parents used to tell my nephew that he was eating little trees when he ate
>> broccoli. They told Angela that the letter "S" was called "Sneaky Snake". I
>> remember her teacher calling me and telling me that she knew all of her
>> letters except for the letter "S". Doing stuff like that to a kid can be
>> embarrassing to them and perhaps even damaging if they believe the wrong
>> information.
>
>I don't see the correlation there, Julie.

You don't need to, it's a Boveism.