1.) In the name of all that is good and decent, do NOT view post #39.
2.) The baby talk continues at the DU, with Thomcat using "lil" for "little," something I cannot stand, even from babies.
I take a backseat to no one when it comes to hypersensitivity to infantile affectations like
"y***y", but I don't see how to avoid it in the case of the butterball DUmmy Li'l Ava.
The DUmmies themselves began to call her "Little Ava" when they noticed her precocious
derangement a couple of years ago.
Using "Li'l" just seems to add a small additional feeling of immaturity to her DUmmitude.
Eliminating the diminuitive altogether would indicate far more respect than
she deserves.