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
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company bought the Miracle Whirl to entertain their students during recess. During 1947, Miracle’s first year of operation, 900 whirls were sold to schools throughout Iowa. Soon after, Miracle expanded their product offering to include playground equipment such as swings, teeter-totters, and jungle gyms. After a fire in the Grinnell Glove Factory, a new facility was built on farmland purchased on the west side of Grinnell. The operation expanded rapidly and Claude hired sales managers assigned to districts and states. By 1960, Miracle had 40 district managers covering the entire country. Miracle moved into the new facility in 1963. Miracle pioneered