little miss malaprop
One of my favorite things about Iris' little-kid speech is her malapropisms. Here are a few I want to remember:
"Mama, could I have some of your tarogomi paper?" (Taro Gomi is a Japanese author of some children's books we own.)
"The pennies are the opera-colored ones." (Sorting coins.)
"When you're done petticoating, could you read me a story?" (Spoken during my neti pot ritual.)
"Cantalope." (A horned, hoofed animal that lives on the African plains.)
Any good ones at your house? C'mon, share!
"Mama, could I have some of your tarogomi paper?" (Taro Gomi is a Japanese author of some children's books we own.)
"The pennies are the opera-colored ones." (Sorting coins.)
"When you're done petticoating, could you read me a story?" (Spoken during my neti pot ritual.)
"Cantalope." (A horned, hoofed animal that lives on the African plains.)
Any good ones at your house? C'mon, share!
posted by angelique at 6:06 PM
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She doesn't do it anymore, but Laura used to refer to a bird feeder as a "fur beater".
Damien : Mom, can you put my sock back on? I was looking to see if I have weasel.
Me: a weasel?
Damien: a...tweezer.
Me: a splinter?
Damien: yeah.
my daughter used to call rice crispies 'Christmas rice'. so that's what we all call it now.
and this Christmas, my then 2yo was reciting luke 2:10 and said 'for unto you is born this day, in the city of LONDON...'
hilarious.
It's a sign of motherhood, I think, that I've spent days trying to come up with some Astrid and Lola -isms and can't. I'm totally drawing a blank. Astrid provided some material this morning though when we found some ballet to watch on t.v.. I asked her, "Are they dancing, Astrid?" to which she enthusiastically replied, "Yes! They're dancing in tattoos." ...That's my girl.
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