Seesaw a "teeter-totter". According to linguist Peter Trudgill, the term originates from the Nordic language word "tittermatorter". A "teeter-totter" may also refer to a two-person swing on a swing seat, on which two children sit facing each other and the teeter-totter swings back and forth in a pendulum motion. Both "teeter-totter" (from "teeter", as in "to teeter on the edge") and "seesaw" (from the verb "saw") demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication, where a word or syllable is doubled, often with a different vowel. Reduplication is typical of words that indicate repeated activity, such as riding up and down on a
Audrey Totter Kelman. In 1964, she made a guest appearance on CBS's "Perry Mason" as defendant Reba Burgess in the title role of "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound". Totter played a continuing role from 1972-76, that of Nurse Wilcox, the efficient head nurse, in the CBS television series "Medical Center", with James Daly and Chad Everett. Her last acting role was as a nun, Sister Paul, in a 1987 episode ("Old Habits Die Hard") of CBS's "Murder, She Wrote", with Angela Lansbury. Totter was married to Dr. Leo Fred, assistant dean of the UCLA School of Medicine, from 1953 until his