Ok, lest I confuse anyone who may read this that wasn't raised in our Rogers Clan, let me explain. My family was all raised (or so it seems) to play word games. We mix and mangle words willy-nilly, until the average person (like my husband, for instance) sometimes has a hard time keeping up. We also have a thing about bad puns, running gags, and a variety of other things. So what does this have to do with my kids?
Well, I've discovered, that aside from the typical kid tendencies to make words up at the drop of a hat just to be silly, some of the things I remember most about my young children is the words that they invented for things, especially when they were just learning to speak clearly. They have become as ingrained in my consciousness now as some of the Rogers-isms I grew up with.
In recent days, my two-year old will abruptly switch from walking to jumping, and tell me he's being a "Kay-ma-roof". I suppose to two-year old ears, that's exactly what "kangaroo" sounds like! He calls bananas "Bah-ME-nahs". My oldest, when he was little, used to call planes at the nearby airport "oosh!", because after all that's the sound they make when they take off. We used to eat "froo fries" with our hamburgers. There are so many wonderful, inventive KID words out there. I'm sure I've forgotten more of them than I remember.
I still try to make sure that my kids get at least a little "Rogers" training, so they won't be totally confused when we visit family, and so that I can (hopefully) keep up as well. It's amazing how rusty one can get at those things. Still, it's fun to know that with little ones in the house, the English language is never likely to even approach boring! :)
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