When she was still learning to talk, she yelled STOPPPIIIITT! whenever she got annoyed with somebody. It was barely intelligible but the tone was unmistakable. People whom she screamed at used to turn to me to ask, what was that?! And I always wondered whether to tell them the truth. That she had just sworn at them.
There is no such dilemma now. She pronounces clearly and gleefully: ALI BABA CHICKEN MAN! Then she grins, leans in conspiratorially and informs you with big shining eyes: That’s a BAD word you know. S says it in school.
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