Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Language Lessons...with Aidan

Anyone with young children will tell that you must be, at the least, bi-lingual in order to have any hope of communicating with your children as a toddler.

Below is a quick reference of Aidan-ese.

geacoo \'gē-ˈkü\ Cookie (rooted in speaking dyslexia)

goo gir \'gü ˈgər\ 1. "good girl" (used to praise the dog)
                        2. Sadie (also used to call the dog)

mamoo
\ˈ ˈmü\ Mommy (continues the "oo" sound fixation)

moe
\ˈmō\ 1. Milk
               2. More
               3. Phone (every child has that one word
                   that gets used for everything)

wawa
\ˈw-ˈwȯ\ Boom Chicka Wah Wah (picked up from Amanda
                       from the commercials for the Chipmunks movie.)


yi \ˈyī\ Light(s) (Used excitedly with Christmas lights)

There are a few other common 'word' usages, "banana" and "bottle" for instance, that I'm not even going to try to spell...