Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
You're correct, of course. What was I thinking?

It does make me laugh, however, that the Germans, when pressed to come up with a loving and affectionate term for one's dearest darling, came up with as unlovely a word as 'Schatz'.
Yes, the wife mostly, adoringly, refers to her children as "Kröte" and "Stinktier" and so on.

Odd, when you think about it. Or maybe, not so much.