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
Eccleshill Adventure Playground Eccleshill Adventure Playground Eccleshill Adventure Playground, locally known as The Big Swing, is an Adventure playground that has operated in Eccleshill Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire since 2006. It is located beside the Ravenscliffe estate and provides open access adventure play for children and young people from five years to sixteen. The playground is staffed by playworkers and runs a mobile play programme in deprived areas and a playworker apprentice programme. The Big Swing, which gives the playground its name, is the biggest of its kind in the north of England. An Adventure playground, The Big Swing has den and structure