Using his words
Jacob has picked up a few more words since last I recorded his vocabulary for posterity, for a new grand total of 30 purposeful words/animal sounds. He firmly believes that all words should end in a vowel.
Banana (Na-nuh)
Cracker (Kwa-kuh)
Chocolate Syrup (Chaw)
That (Da)
Mine (MYYYYYY!)
Cup (Cuh)
Car (Cah)
Down (Dow, used as in "Please help me get down from this chair" or "Put me down, ho-bag")
Bagel (Gay-goh)
Helicopter (Hey-kaka)
Thomas (Tah-ah)
Buzz [Lightyear] (Buh)
Eee-ooo-ahh (as a monkey screech)
Baa Baa (referring to Baa Baa Black Sheep)
Isaac and I so enjoyed Jacob's feeble attempt to say bagel that we turned it into a game. Whenever I pass out bagels as breakfast or a morning snack, Isaac and I say "GAY-GOH!!" back and forth to each other. Jacob laughs as though at a comedy club, but rarely joins in. Today, however, when Jacob saw the bagels I packed for them to eat at the park, an enormous knowing grin stole over his face as he turned to me and said, "GAY-GOH!"
Some old standbys have also changed, evolving towards how they should sound like. For example, Ball is now "Baw" instead of "Gall". Other words have properly become two syllables instead of one, but still lack final consonants. Two prime examples are how his name for Dada, "Da", has now become "Dah-eeeee", much like the "Daddy" used by Big Brother. In a similar vein, Kitty is now "Kih-eee" instead of "Kee".
We have also observed one instance of him putting words together. At the Apple store last week, waiting for Dada to get waited on at the "genius" bar, Jacob of course got impatient as I tried to entertain him. As a last ditch effort, I asked him "Where's Daddy?" He stopped his mayhem of pulling all the iPod covers off the wall to think and look around. Quickly spotting Dada, Jacob squealed with glee and started running towards him, screaming "Deryarrr, Dada!" Which unfortunately only counts as two words in my book.
Banana (Na-nuh)
Cracker (Kwa-kuh)
Chocolate Syrup (Chaw)
That (Da)
Mine (MYYYYYY!)
Cup (Cuh)
Car (Cah)
Down (Dow, used as in "Please help me get down from this chair" or "Put me down, ho-bag")
Bagel (Gay-goh)
Helicopter (Hey-kaka)
Thomas (Tah-ah)
Buzz [Lightyear] (Buh)
Eee-ooo-ahh (as a monkey screech)
Baa Baa (referring to Baa Baa Black Sheep)
Isaac and I so enjoyed Jacob's feeble attempt to say bagel that we turned it into a game. Whenever I pass out bagels as breakfast or a morning snack, Isaac and I say "GAY-GOH!!" back and forth to each other. Jacob laughs as though at a comedy club, but rarely joins in. Today, however, when Jacob saw the bagels I packed for them to eat at the park, an enormous knowing grin stole over his face as he turned to me and said, "GAY-GOH!"
Some old standbys have also changed, evolving towards how they should sound like. For example, Ball is now "Baw" instead of "Gall". Other words have properly become two syllables instead of one, but still lack final consonants. Two prime examples are how his name for Dada, "Da", has now become "Dah-eeeee", much like the "Daddy" used by Big Brother. In a similar vein, Kitty is now "Kih-eee" instead of "Kee".
We have also observed one instance of him putting words together. At the Apple store last week, waiting for Dada to get waited on at the "genius" bar, Jacob of course got impatient as I tried to entertain him. As a last ditch effort, I asked him "Where's Daddy?" He stopped his mayhem of pulling all the iPod covers off the wall to think and look around. Quickly spotting Dada, Jacob squealed with glee and started running towards him, screaming "Deryarrr, Dada!" Which unfortunately only counts as two words in my book.
posted by Claire at 10:42 PM
2 Comments:
Can't wait to have a deep conversation about how Tah-ah and Buh stole the cuh and hit it by the hey-kaka with the little fart NEXT WEEK!
Aunt Jean's got it down!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, will you please come over and teach Meemaw that language??
It will be so much fun!!!
Meemaw bought a new bag of Thomas Wheat mini "Gay-gohs" for the little man who loves to talk. (And for the rest of his family and ours too:-)
See you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!Luv, Meemaw
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