Yeah, but it evokes that same primal/childish or child-like association. As for the "real" origin of "dada," there are contradictory accounts of how the word was adopted (surprise, surprise), but the Dadaists seemed to relish the potentially childish meanings (e.g., rocking horse).
Good point.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 5 March 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link