Tummy or Belly?

[Goodsoulette]

I would say tummy bug or tummy ache, my friends have often laughed at me. I asked them what else should I say and they said belly.

I was watching Bear Grylls in Costa Rica last night and he said a tummy bug and I wouldnt have thought anything of it but my friend laughed and said why is he saying tummy bug??

Is it childish? A north/south thing?

[efc]

well i've been known to use a mix of both.
tummy bug or belly ache!!
And I originate from the north and now live in the south - proper mixed up lol

[HarrietParks]

Hi Goodsoulette...I'd say 'tummy' too. I'm a southerner.

[Doc Spock]

I say tummy ache then have a good belly laugh, funny isn't it.

[Ethel]

Tummy is obvliously a shortened form of stomach. I say tummy ache, rumbling tummy, tummy trouble, tummy bug...


Belly comes from the old Anglo-Saxon word belg, meaning bag. I say belly laugh, belly dancing, beer belly, delhi belly..

I think both are equally correct.

[sophie_1003]

i'd say tummy and im from the midlands, think belly sounds quite american, not sure why!

[Rubyrose]

See I'd say Tummy Bug or Belly Ache... but Belly Bug just sounds odd!
I also think Belly makes me think of a big hairy man belly... but tummy sounds more slender! Lol

[coco pops]

round here it is belly whack.

[joko]

i say tumbly....

[joko]

i think tummy is meant for your actual stomach, but belly can refer to that whole area, such as period pains can be belly ache but not tummy ache

[Goodsoulette]

Well Im glad I am not the only adult that says that. Thanks for origins of belly, Ethel.

[RATTER15]

Bad guts!! Gut rot!! but I would probably say upset stomach.

[cazzz1975]

its a toss up where I come from (birmingham) we say both belly and tummy, I have always said tummy as opposed to belly, belly reminds me of the ad where the belly chases the man and falls of the bridge (chanting "bellies gonna get yaa")

[pastafreak]

I come from the states but i live in the West country...I have always said tummy and it is gut rot with the right people! lol

[bensmum]

I usually say gutsache but it's not very ladylike especially from someone of my advancing years!

[stewey]

I say stomach: maybe as a child I probably said 'tummy'