My niece was asking about "the T-word" when I was visiting family for Thanksgiving. Her mom was in favor of letting the matter go undiscussed, but I'm never one

My niece was asking about "the T-word" when I was visiting family for Thanksgiving. Her mom was in favor of letting the matter go undiscussed, but I'm never one to back down from being a bad influence or the fun uncle (a lot of overlap there, actually). Plus, I might get to learn a new swear word. My niece asked about "tewkin'". (long 'u' sound, like Duke Nukem) I informed her that that was a new one for me. Mom, now intrigued, asked "Could the person you heard use it be referring to a bird called a toucan?" "I don't think so" "Well, what did they say?" "Aww, I forgot my tewkin mittens!" At which point, I informed my niece that she had likely encountered a Canadian who was underdressed for the weather and was lamenting that they had forgotten their toque and mittens, and we were all disappointed that she hadn't taught us all a new swear. Except mom. Tying this back to TFA, I find it interesting that my niece seems to have (at the age of 8) intuited the relation of hard-sounding consonants to swearing. Tewkin' meets the criteria of having a 't' and a 'k' and seems pretty plausible.