Kindlings, Another Nieces and Nephews Collective Word

We got a voicemail from Sherry in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

She was responding to a conversation that we had with somebody who was looking for a word for nieces and nephews.

Grant, I’ve always liked neifling.

Yeah, and another common one is nibblings, which is, of course, because you want to nibble their little toes.

Right.

Well, Sherry left us a message saying, I thought kindling was a good word.

And I really like that.

You know, it’s like, you know, you think of the German word kint for child and kindling, you know, the beginning of a little life there.

My kindlings.

No, you know, because of the fire notions there.

We can’t do that.

Embers and flame.

Well, I think of them as glowing little warm embers.

Oh, well, that’s nice.

Why don’t I go straight to the dark place and you went to the light place?

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